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About 1/2 kilometer distant from Escada and nearly south-west 
from same, is the Carangueijo exploration on the Bonite seam, where 
the following succession is exposed: 
Metors 
1. Sandstune, massive, Upper Bonito. . 2. . . 2. ws 2 ew we 15.24 
2. Coal, thin, Bonito Rider. . . . . 2. e 2 ee eh ee 0.08 
3. Shales, sandy, bluish . 2. 2. 6 2 2 ee we eo ee we we 1,22 
(Coaly shale. . . © . «6 « ee 
4. Coal, Bonito. . . .;Coal, some slaty layers. . . . 1.52 
shale, with thin coaly layers . . 0.36) 
5. Clay visiblo. 2. 6. 6 6 0 ee ee ee we ee ew 01S 
Elevation base of Bonito coal, 266.4 meters. 
Here the coal has a slight south-westward ‘rise due ‘apparently 
to the great dike whicl crosses the measures near Bonito I. 
Bonito II, which is about 3/4 kilometer south-west from the 
locality of Bonito I, yields the following succession : 
Meters 
1. Sandstone, massive, gray, Upper Bonito. . . . 2. 2. 2s we ey 3.05 
2. Sandstone, shaly . . 2. 1 6 6 ee te we we ee ew ee 0.30 
Coal 6 se ee a ee a oe | 
3. Coal, Bonito rider . .)Shale. . . . - . 2 es 0.04 0.42 
t coat i Re ee gods 0.13) 
#SCIAY es So ee nian & dor Se ‘ . 0.61 
Coal, very slaty at top. . . . 2.13 
5, Coal, Bonito. . . . Clay, lightgray . . . . . . 0.05' 2.69 
t coat a Cost, Cig ide baa) 29 1b Gace Be 0,51 } 
6. Shales, dark 2. 2 6 + 1 6 ee eo eee ee ee ee BY 
7, Coal, slaty 2 6 6 2 6 ee ee ee eee ee ee e085 
Elevation, base of coal, 237.3 meters. 
About 100 meters north-east from the locality of Bonito II and 
at an elevation of 261.6 meters, or 14.3 meters higher than No. IL 
is another outcrop of coal which was formerly supposed to repre- 
sent a bed lying above the Bonito seam. On opening up the same 
fully however, it proved to have the structure of the Bonito bed, and 
its locality has been termed Bonito No. Von the accompanying map. 
Its section is as follows: 
Meters. 
1, Sandstone, massive, Upper Bonito. . . «© . © ee we ew we 6.10 
2. Coal, Bonito Rider. . . «© 2 © © * «© © © © we we ew ee 0.10 
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