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in it, as a test made by myself, of which the following sec- 
tion will show: 
[ Wadsworth seam in N. E. 14 of S. E. 14 in section 9, township 20, S., 
range 3, W). 
SANDSTONE 
2FEET 10iNGHES COAL 
MISES COATS 
WG Bovrom SLATE 
Leaving the Wadsworth seam and going southeast, you 
pass over one hundred and twenty-five feet of measures, 
mostly coarse red sandstone and hard micaceous grey sand- 
stone; you then arrive at a thin seam of ten inches. Pass- 
ing over fifty-two feet more of measures, you reach another 
thin seam of twelve inches; thence passing over one hun- 
dred and one feet of fossiliferous grey sandstone and mas- 
sive grey sandstone, you arrive at the Coke Oven seam, 
about one and one-half feet thick. This seam is exposed 
four or five hundred yards south of this point, in the rail- 
road cut west of the old coke ovens, originally built several 
years ago by the Eureka Company under Mr. Jas. Thomas’ 
directions. The said old ovens are built on the roof of the 
Coke Oven seam. Passing over forty-four feet of measures 
you arrive at the Shute seam, outcropping immediately east 
of said old coke ovens; then passing over three hundred 
and three feet of measures in the middle of which is a thin 
seam of about fourteen inches in thickness, you will arrive 
at the Pump seam. This seam outcrops underneath the 
steam pump at the wooden bridge or trestle over Buck 
Creek of the Helena and Blocton Railroad ; the outcrop for- 
merly exposed here at this point is now covered up. In 
this basin its thickness varies from one and a half to seven 
feet. ‘I'he last three hundred and three feet of measures 
are mostly hard micaceous olive colored sandstone, or lam- 
inated yellow sandstone. Then continuing southeast, you 
pass over three hundred and twenty-seven feet of measures, 
