CHAPTER IX. 
THE LOLLEY BASIN. 
The Lolley basin is situated to the east of Gurnee, to the 
southwest of Helena, and to the northwest of Montevallo; 
it is bounded on the north by the Piney Woods fault and 
Dry Creek basin, on the east by the great boundary fauit, 
on the west by Dailey Creek basin and a portion of the 
Montevallo basin, on the south by the Montevallo basin 
and the anticlinal between it and the Lolley basin. 
The following is a description of the boundary of the 
Lolley basin! Commencing at a point about two hundred 
yards northeast of Lacey depot on the Brierfield, Blocton 
and Birmingham Railroad ; thence along the Piney Woods 
fault almost due west for about two miles along the fault 
thence along the said fault at a bearing of about S. 68° 
W., to the southwest corner of section 15, township 21, 
range 4 west ; thence south and southeastwards up Jesse’s 
Creek to the southeast corner of section 35, township 21, 
range 4 west; thence almost due east along the anticlinal 
between the Lolley and Montevallo basins to opposite Dog- 
wood Grove Church on the east edge of the boundary fault ; 
thence northwards along the west edge of the boundary 
fault, passing to the left of Mayline depot, continuing along 
the boundary fault to the point of commencement near 
Lacey depot. 
This basin is drained by Piney Woods Creek, Beaver 
Dam Creek, Shoal Creek, King’s Creek, Jesse’s Creek, and 
Lick, or Big Creek. 
The most prominent ridge in this basin is the “Divide,” 
mostly called Pea Ridge, that separates the waters drain- 
ing into the Cahaba river from those draining into Shoal 
Creek or Little Cahaba river ; this divide commences west 
of the Mayline depot and southwest of the Lacey depot on 
the Brierfield, Blocton and Birmingham Railroad, and con- 
