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This bed crops on the banks of Rio Bonito about one kilometer 
east of the village of Palermo along the’Treviso road and 7 1/3 kilo- 
meters from Minas. The coal has an elevation of 273.7 meters above 
sea level thus showing a westward rise of 34.6 meters in the 3 ki- 
lometers from the locality of Barro Branco Velho, and in this agreeing 
with the westward rise of the beds revealed along Passa Dois. 
The coal was carefully measured below Palermo by Dr. Seixas 
who reports its structure at the outcrop as follows : 
Meters 
TeSOUSes seca We Gas let hey So Behe I SR ee : 0.80 
es COR: coe te) AL Go ae Ere a Ge 0.10 ; 
5. Clty, Wilts @ gS ee wwe eee: ae. TOD l 
AaMO0Gs, Til So. Gy. Shee cae. a eel shreds aga 8 0,12 
5. Clay, yellow. . . . .... su... 0.10 ose 
Oe COaber aro Lites Se. Gat os Cap. GCA Se eK 0.10 
7. Coaly slate . 2. . . . 0.17 
S, Clay Teh 2. Gyicw ye eo ee we 
9. Dark clays and black shales . . . . =... 0.30 2.20 
lO. Clay, light. . 4 5 4 & = Ww oa Ss «4 0.15 
A Gee ane ee ee re | a 
12. Clay, light, «© « «© « 6 &# & 6 6 4 6. 0.23 
WSs Shales 2 5 6 wok ww Se we ewe 8 0.05 | 
145 Coals 2. Ge a SO KO a EO so 
15s Clays lights, ag. wwe 0.08 0.68 
165. Coals slaty te: ote a RS oe OR Ate 0.201 
17; Sandstone. 2 « 6 % 8 Se wee we ee es 
This section shows the well defined separation of the bed into 3 
divisions by the intervening light colored clays. As this is at the 
surface crop, the coal would doubtless thicken considerably when fol- 
lowed into the hills. Its horizon is about 9.1% meters above Rio Bo- 
nito, at this locality, and a massive cliff of gray sandstone (Lower 
Barro Branco) crops under it along that stream, while another (Upper 
Barro Branco) makes cliffs in the hills immediatelly above. 
About one kilometer and a half south-west from Treviso, a bed 
of coal comes out of Rio Pio, a tributary of Rio Mée Luzia onasharp dip. 
to the north-west, and it appears to be the representative of the Barro 
Branco bed. The section there is as follows: 
Meters 
1. Sandstone (Upper Barro Branco), mussive, gray, coarse, Makes cliffs . 9.14 
Shale, ark: ig. ea eecas ae eh Bch eb Ble HL eee 0.33 
. Clay, light colored. 2 1 ew ew ee ee ee ee . 0.61 
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