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On the opposite or east hank of Rio Negro, the same coal has been 
extensively mined hy stripping on the fazenda of Sr, Freitas, where the 
following section was measured : 
Meters 
1. Sandstone, massive. . . . . . se WS aet Selces ee Se 3.05 
2. Clay and shale, light colored. . . . © . «© «© © » «© «ss 0.30 
3s Shale, dark, cdaly. . © # 2 « » % % * SS 8 # © © * » 0.30 
4. Clay, white. . . . o Sei ex ee a 1.52 
5. Shale, dark, with sheeclatn en son taiabae ‘fossil alanis, Sov apd 0.30 
6. Coal, slaty . . . . ei Se Be Mel. tes dee oes, Lisl. fa) “Se 1.68 
7. Clay, light colored to iolion: of ciecodnhes te, a aE yy ae 0.30 
N. 6 is probably the upper portion of the S. Jeronymo coal unless 
n. 3could represent che upper part of that bed. 
It has been shipped to Bage for fuel but contains much slate and 
sulphur. 
About 20 kilometers farther to the south-west, and 2 kilometers 
north of the railway, this same coal has been exploited on the fazenda 
of Mr. Francisco Borges Lucas, and there in a deap ravine, the following 
succession was measured : 
Meters 
1, Sandstone, massive. . 6 2. . 4 + © 6 © © © we we we 6.10 
2. Shales, bituminous, coaly (Treviso?) . . 2. 2. . 2. «© © © «© « ) 0.91 
3. Clay, white, © 6 6 2 6 5 6 8 ee we we te ee we AB! 
4. Shale, bituminous. ... . bo Aa Ses od Ge ee Ses oe a 0.61 
5° Clay, chocolate colored, fossil pans wie abt? cece! ge a ae 2 OR0T 
6. Shales dark, coaly. . .. . ina wh GS ple cge. ena. Gh me ee 0.25 
7. Shale, light chocolate, fossil vianty. oe ee ge ee e010 
‘Coal,slaty . . . gn can a Cd oc} 
8. Coal, S. Jeronymo. , Clay, white and sonesalod bona i ogee CLygoeiey Be 
l coat, slaty, not fully exposed . . . . 1.52) 
9, Clay, white, visible to bottom of the ravine. . . «© 2. 2 © © 0.30 
N. 8 appears lo represent the S. Jeronymo coal bed while n. 2 may 
represent [he overlying or Treviso coal. 
The section here is very much the same as that shown on a pre- 
vious page from Serro Partido on (he fazenda of Cor, Manoel Lucas de 
Lima, 10 kilometers west, and there can be little doubt that it repre- 
sents thesame coal bed ; namely, the S. Jeronymo. 
It is very probable that the coal along Rio Jaguardo also helongs at 
this horizon, although lack of time prevented a personal visit to the 
place. 
