rae eae 
Sandstone fine grained mottled, greenish and drab . 
Shale black mottled with spots sligtly calcareous 
Sandstone, fine grained whitish . 
Sandstone fine with black bands. ire SE tie wis 
Shale, sandy, banded white and black. . . . 
Sandstone whitish with bands of black shale. . 
Sandstone, coaser with bands of black shale with plant remains. 
Sandstone, whitish. . . 
Shale, dark, compact . ae Stes ge 
Shale, sandy, banded black and shite. Shad, os 
Sandstone, fine grained, gray with black streaks 
Sandstone, fine grained, bluish gray . . . 
Sandstone coarser gray calcareous. . . . 
Diabase . 
. ° . . . . . 
Sandstone, fine grained, gray somewhat calcareous 
Sandstone, fine grained, gray, strongly calcareous . 
. 
. 
Metros 
SO) Ar oe 0.60 
eo # 1.09 
e 4 4.50 
ose 8.37 
ae 4.52 
Sioa Une 1.32 
ah ie os 1.07 
Milas 1.43 
See cs 0.70 
saris 8 0.60 
en Ge. te 2.58 
Sure 1.30 
a? Gor Meh ey 2,90 
ae eee er 0.58 
: 0.15 
foe S 1,45 
At Xarqueadas, in Rio Grande do Sul, a deep boring has been 
sunk near the right bank of Rio Jacuhy by Mr. Otto Spalding, the 
General Manager of the S. Jeronymo Railroad and Mines. This 
boring begins in the red variegated shales which lie between the 
Iraty black shale horizon and the great cliff sandstones 100 to 200. 
meters higher. The following record of this boring was kindly 
placed at the disposal of the Commission by Mr. Spalding: 
1. Reds Clay. 6 ee) we Se we es 
2. Conglomerate W, fan a eee Er os Ree ger 
3. Sandstone . . . - 2. © + 2 2 © 
4. Sandy shale. . . . 6. 2. 2. se we 
5. Shales, red and gray. . . . . P 
6. Sandstone, petroliferous. 
7. Shale, red and gray . . os 
8. Variegated shale. . . . . 
9. Red shale 
10. Shale, bluish and sail é 
11. Shale, red, black, and bluish . 
12. Shale, variegated (black and red). 
13. Shale, black (Iraty) with pyrites . 
14. Shale, with layers of limestone 3 : 
15. Light anddark shale. . . . ... . 
16. Shale,dark. . . . . 2 «© © | 
17. Shale, bluish . . 2... 1 we. 
18. Shale,grayish. . . . . 0... 64. 
19, Quicksand . . . . 2. . 1 ew ee 
5269 
11.26 
2.30 
19.33 
51.74 
8.55 
1.15 
16.26 
13.95 
3.97 
4.86 
13.05 
5.89 
33.01 
16.81 
4.99 
16.90 
13.05 
2.380 
1.28 
METERS. 
Passa Dois 
Series : 165.83 
Palermo Beds 
112.95 
