﻿COAL 
  MEASUEES. 
  31 
  

  

  Boring 
  at 
  Marissa, 
  commencing 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  Belleville 
  

   coal: 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Fire-clay 
  7 
  11 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Limestone 
  or 
  septaria 
  2 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Fire-clay 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  Septaria? 
  11 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Clay 
  shale, 
  with 
  concretions 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  50 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Blackshale 
  5 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  Clay 
  shale 
  33 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  Blue 
  slate, 
  with 
  nodules 
  18 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  Limestone 
  1 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Blackslate 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  1L 
  Coal 
  1 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  Fire-clay 
  and 
  coal 
  2 
  7 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  Fire-clay 
  5 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  14. 
  Coal 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  Fireclay 
  11 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  16. 
  Variegated 
  shale 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  Light 
  sandy 
  shale 
  8 
  9 
  

  

  No. 
  18. 
  Dark 
  limestone 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  19. 
  Light 
  micaceous 
  sandstone 
  15 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  White 
  fine 
  grained 
  sandy 
  shales 
  50 
  1 
  

  

  Total 
  depth 
  225 
  1 
  

  

  Salt 
  water 
  commenced 
  flowing 
  in 
  No. 
  17, 
  and 
  increased 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   stop 
  further 
  progress 
  in 
  No. 
  '20. 
  The 
  lower 
  coals 
  are 
  probably 
  

   represented 
  by 
  Nos. 
  11 
  and 
  14, 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  any 
  practical 
  

   value. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  and 
  sandy 
  shale 
  constituting 
  the 
  last 
  65 
  feet 
  

   probably 
  represent 
  the 
  sandstone 
  usually 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   Coal 
  Measures. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  boring 
  for 
  coal 
  made 
  at 
  Lementon, 
  

   in 
  St. 
  Clair 
  county, 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  B. 
  & 
  S. 
  I. 
  B. 
  B., 
  for 
  which 
  

   I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Leonard 
  : 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  Soil, 
  clay 
  and 
  gravel 
  38 
  

  

  Carbonaceous 
  clod 
  coal 
  No. 
  6? 
  

  

  Clay 
  shale 
  

  

  Bed 
  and 
  yellow 
  sand? 
  

  

  Clay 
  shale 
  12 
  

  

  Hard 
  rock 
  

  

  Clay 
  shale 
  

  

  Blackslate 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  5 
  

  

  Fire-clay 
  and 
  shale 
  3 
  

  

  Hard 
  rock 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  Blackslate 
  : 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  3 
  2 
  

  

  Fire-clay 
  and 
  clay 
  shale 
  9 
  

  

  Brown 
  shale 
  4 
  

  

  Hard 
  blue 
  shale 
  9 
  

  

  Blue 
  slate 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  1. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  7. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  8. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  9. 
  

  

  No, 
  

  

  10. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  11. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  12. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  13. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  14. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  15. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  16. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  17. 
  

  

  

  