84 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA. 
tinues southwestwards dividing the drainage as aforesaid, 
down to where the Little Cahaba river joins the Big Cahaba 
river in Bibb county; this high and prominent ridge has 
been the great obstacle to the construction of a straight line 
of railroad through this part of the Cahaba Coal Field, the 
bend of the Brierfield, Blocton and Birmingham Railroad 
at Lacey depot became a necessity in order to obtain easy 
grades. This ridge is made by the Montevallo Conglom- 
erate. The next prominent ridge is the one south of Piney 
Woods fault, commencing at the east edge of the coal field 
opposite William Lacey’s farm and continuing westwards 
for four or five miles on the south side of Piney Woods 
Oreek. There are also a number of irregularly formed 
ridges besides the above in other parts of the basin. 
There are no public roads in this basin; what wagon 
roads there are in it, are better fitted for oxen than any 
other animals. The principal road in the basin is the one 
that leaves the Montevallo and Elyton road at William 
Lacey’s and follows the top of the high ridge south of Piney 
Woods Creek, and leads on to the Henry Clark house; 
thence to the Anderson Allen house, here making a turn 
south and going to Newton Lolley’s place, continuing on to 
the Bethel church on the Montevallo and Boothtown wagon 
road. The next wagon road in importance is the one lead- 
ing from William Lacey place to Elias Walker’s place, pass- 
ing Dustin Dean’s place and Isaac Walker’s place on the 
way, then, at Elias Walker’s branching off, one prong lead- 
ing to Dogwood Station, the other to the Montevallo and 
Boothtown road at the Mrs. Lucas place, and to Bethe] 
church by Newton Lolley’s. These are all rougn roads, 
and will not admit of hauling heavy loads along them. 
There are other roads to which the name of trails would be 
most appropriate, one going down Piney Woods Creek 
bank to the old Ryan place, another to the Henry Lee place, 
another to the Henry Lolley old place; these are partly 
grown up, and they are barely safe to venture along with a 
vehicle, The Elyton and Montevallo wagon road is a pub- 
lic road; it follows along the east boundary of this basin in 
"Possum Valley but outside of the basin, passing close by 
