104 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA. 
side of the Joseph Lightsey house; continuing along the 
boundary fault, crossing Cahaba river about two hundred 
yards above the “boat landing” to the half mile post on the 
south side of section 15, township 24, range 10 east; thence 
northeastwards to the middle of section 5, township 24, 
range 11 east; thence eastwardly along the line of fault 
forming the nort& bourdary of the “Overturned measures” 
to the Little Mayberry Oreek, at a point about 700 yards to 
the northwest of the old Shaft seam slope, this being where 
the rocks of the Montevallo basin and the Overturned meas- 
ures come together, the point of commencement. 
The Dailey Creek basin is drained by the Cahaba river 
and its tributaries: Jesse’s Creek, Rocky Branch, Lick 
Creek, Savage Creek, Lovelady Branch, Glade Branch, Hud- 
gin’s Creek, Swep Branch, Thrasher’s Field Branch, Stone 
Coal Branch, Dailey Creek, Short Creek, Big Lick Creek, 
Beech Camp Branch, Pine Island Branch, Big Ugly Creek, 
Little Ugly Creek, Four Mile Creek, and Alligator Creek, 
the last two emptying into Little Cahaba River, all the 
others drain into the ig Cahaba river. 
The most prominent ridge in this basin is Pea ridge, and 
its continuation southwest, forming the “divide” between 
the waters of Little Cahaba river and the Cahaba river. 
This “divide” forms a broad, high ridge for a length of 
about nine miles in this basin; its full length is much more, 
as it continues northeast nearly to Lacey Station, at the 
head of Piney Woods Creek. Its full extent is from near 
Lacey Station to the forks of the Big Cahaba and Little 
Cahaba rivers. On the northwest side of this ridge the 
waters drain into Big Cahaba river, and on the southeast 
side the waters all drain into the Little Cahaba river. This 
ridge or “divide” has an altitude in places of 400 feet above 
the river. 
The next most prominent ridge is formed of the roof rock 
of the Gholson seam. Tue roofs of the Coke seam and the 
Thompson seam both form high ridges in portions of this 
basin. 
Of the wagon roads of this basin the principal one is the 
Montevallo and Tuscaloosa, or Booth’s Ferry road; this is 
a county road, on which vehicles can be used. Another 
