STATE GEOLOGIST. 



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IS.— Deep Boeing for Coal. S. W. \ ST. W. \ Sec. 36, Sand- 

 stone, Jackson county. Notes made mostly from samples 

 preserved by John Holcroft, Esq. Greatly condensed. 



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DESCRIPTION OF EOCKS, &c. 



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Superficial materials. 



Sandstone, varying from nearly white to yellow and ochreous, mostly 

 incoherent. 



Limestone, siliceous, (3 feet,) followed by ochreous sandstone, argilla- 

 ceous sandstone /3 feet) , calciferous sandstone with greenish streaks 

 (2 feet) , cherty limestone (2 feet) , all which might come under 

 carboniferous limestone. 



Sandstone, light, becoming argillaceous, micaceous, with partings of 

 shale. 



Limestone, brownish, siliceous, with green blotches (4 in.); shale, blu- 

 ish dark (8 in.); limestone arenaceous (9 in.); hornstone (1 in.) 



Argillaceous strata, not effervescing, with thin bands of micaceous, ar- 

 gillaceous sandstone, ending with 9 feet of unctuous clay. 



Sandstone, with a few pebbles (3 feet); followed by alternating shale 

 and ironstone. * . 



Chert (6 feet); shale, with pyrites (1 foot). 



Sandstone, bluish-white, quartzose — a powerful water-course at 127 

 feet, and another at 156 feet. In the lower half, less uniform, by 

 turns colored, argillaceous, effervescing, coarser. 



Clay, coarsely arenaceous, then finer. 



Vrenaceous strata , with occasional thin argillaceous partings ■ powerful 

 water-courses at 269 feet and 278 foot; ending in a very hard sand- 

 rock. 



Sandrock continuing. 



X. HlB£ARD ? ! 



Artesian Well, Jackson. 

 William Walker. 



Notes furnished by 



