CHAPTER. Vill. 
THE GOULD BASIN. 
The Gould basin is situated to the north of Gurnee, to 
the southwest of Helena, and on the northwest side of the 
Cahaba Coal Field ; it is bounded on the southeast side by 
the Interior fault vertical coal measures, on the northeast 
end by the Cahaba basin, on the northwest side by the Sub- 
Carboniferous measures of Shades Valley, on its southwest 
end by the Blocton basin. 
The following is a description of the boundary of said 
basin: Commencing on the northwest edge of the Interior 
fault vertical measures, near the mouth of Lainey Branch ; 
thence northwest along Lainey Branch to the base of the 
Millstone Grit ata point a half a mile northeast of Genery’s 
Gap where the Brierfield, Blocton and Birmingham Rail- 
road cuts through Shades Mountain; thence southwest 
along the base of the Millstone Grit, crossing the Brier- 
field, Blocton and Birmingham Railroad at the northwest 
end of the Genery Gap Railroad cut in Shades Mountain ; 
continuing on southwest along the base of the Millstone 
Grit, Shades Valley being in plain view, leaving the Richard 
Tyler house and the Squire John Harmon house to your 
left; from opposite the John Harmon house your course 
will be more westward, (about 70° west,) continuing along 
the base of the Millstone Grit, crossing Shades Creek a 
short distance below the mouth of Roup’s Creek, leaving 
Kimbrall’s Mill to your right, until you arrive at a sharp 
bend in Shades Mountain in the south end of section 3, 
township 21, range 5 west; from this point southeastwards 
along the wagon road that leads from Booth’s Ferry to 
Roup’s Iron Works, crossing Shades Creek near Shades 
Creek church, leaving the Miller farm and the flat measures 
of the Blocton basin to your right; crossing the Cahaba 
River at Booth’s Ferry near the mouth of Lick Creek’; a 
