110 GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ALABAMA CLAYS. 



On land belonging to Mrs. C. Rhea, in the vicinity, 

 Dr. Little gives the section as follows : 



Yellow loam 1 foot 



Sandy clay (fire clay), sample No. 59 5 feet 



Of these clays Dr. Ries has analyzed and tested 

 Nos. 55, 56 and 57 ; No. 56 being classed by him among 

 the china clays, while the other two are ranked as fire 

 clays. The brick from this locality are used in Shef- 

 field for lining the furnaces, and they are also used 

 by the railroad. 



In the Valley Regions Report, Part I, are given 

 three analyses of clays collected from this region near 

 the State line. These are as below : 



Analyses of Clays from near Pegram. 



1. 



Combined water 8.250 



Silica 66.122 



Alumina 24.781 



Ferric oxide trace 



Total 99.153 99.360 100.522 



(1.) A light colored clay with small lumps o£ gritty matter. 

 (2.) ,A dark gray clay with black specks ot organic matter. 

 (3.) A pinkish clay with white specks. 



The light colored clay ( 1 ) above has been seen also 

 on the south side of Little Mountain, near the bottom 

 of the pebble hills, along the county line, a few miles 

 northeast of Frankfort. It shows here in an irregu- 

 larly stratified seam beneath the pebble bed. It is 

 quite pure and white, and has occasionally found use 

 as a whitewash, for which purpose it seems well 

 adapted.* 



•Valley Regions, Part I, page 180. 



