352 COUNTY AND EEGIONAL GEOLOGY. 



was measured in the east valley-side of that stream, on 

 section 7, township 70, range 37, near the residence of Hon. 

 Joseph Cramer. 



Section near Cramer's. 



No. 5. Yellowish, marly clay with, occasional thin layers of lime- 

 stone 6 feet. 



No. 4 Compact, bluish limestone 2^ feet. 



No. 3. Reddish clay 2i£ feet. 



No. 2. Bluish, marly clay 2^ feet. 



No. 1. Light bluish, sanely and clayey shales with thin layers of 

 fine-grained micaceous sandstone, occasionally showing 

 ripple marks 20 feet. 



Total 33^ feet. 



The members of this section, from No. 1 to No. 3 inclusive, 

 have a very strong lithological resemblance to, and are, no 

 doubt, equivalent with No. 2 and No. 3 of the Winterset 

 section, in Madison county. 



Passing down the valley of the Tarkeo from this point we 

 find the harder and more durable strata of the foregoing 

 section occasionally presenting slight exposures in the valley 

 sides, at a nearly uniform elevation above the stream. 

 Going westward into the valley of the East Mshnabotany 

 we find a few exposures of strata similar to those in the 

 valley of the Tarkeo. 



Material Resources. The soil of Page county is every- 

 where excellent, a considerable portion of it being BlufT soil 

 and the remainder, except the small portion of Alluvial, is 

 Drift soil. There is scarcely an acre of it all that may not be 

 tilled with facility and profit. So far as the existence of 

 mineral resources in this county has been demonstrated they 

 consist entirely of its coal and stone. 



The only bed of coal thus far discovered within the limits 

 of the county is the one represented in the preceding section, 

 and so often seen in the valleys of the Nodaway and its 

 branches; and although it has not proved capable alone 

 of supplying the inhabitants with necessary fuel, it has 



