BOND COUNTY. 129 



Ft. In. 



43. Sandy limestone, numerous fossils -- 2 



44. Sandstone fossils 2 6 



45. Sandy shales 30 



4G. Sandstone — fossils 8 



47. Grav shales and sandstone 30 



48. 



49. 



50. 



> Shoal creek limestone. 



> Clay and bituminous shales 16 6 



53. Coal. No. 9 10 



54. Fire-clay 2 



55. Sandy shales 4 



Connected section from highest rocks of Effingham to lowest iu the 

 above named counties, condensed : 



Ft. Iu. 



Sandstones and shales 108 



Coal. So. 17 6 



Sandstone, limestone and shales 145 



Coal, No. 16 — Nelson's coal 16 



Sandstones and shales ". 90 



Coal. No. 15— Shelby coal 1 10 



Shales and sandstone 65 



Beck's creek coal. No. 14 1 8 



Shales and sandstone, some limestone 74 



Coal. No. 13, Lower Hickory creek 12 in. to 16 



Sandstone and shales 95 



Coal, No. 12 2 to 10 in. 3 



Mostly limestone, some shales 34 



Coal No. 11— Litchfield and Lake fork 17 



Shales 42 



Coal, No. 10 .-; 7 



Shales, sandstone, limestone, ironstone, etc., including Shoal creek limestone 112 



Coal, No. 9 10 



Shales and fire-clay 6 



Total upper Coal Measures 780 



Bond county is bounded on the north by Montgomery, on tbe east by 

 Fayette, on the south by Clinton, and on the west by Madison county. 

 Its area is about 380 square mijes. Its surface originally consisted of 

 about half prairie and half timber, but at present all the prairie and 

 some of the timbered land is in cultivation or under fence. 



Topography, Timber and Soil. — The surface is diversified by mounds, 

 hills, valleys and plains. It is mostly drained by Shoal creek and its 

 tributaries ; their general course is southward, with the Kaskaskia river 

 and Hurricane creek on the east. The most broken part of the country 

 is probably near Bethel bridge on Shoal creek, where the hills are about 

 100 feet high. In the southern part of the county the hills are low. 

 The country is generally somewhat broken for about a mile on each 

 side of Shoal creek. The ravines are deep and somewhat abrupt, with 

 hillsides covered with a growth of white oak, black oak and hickory, 

 sloping back to poor flats, with a growth of post oak, black oak, black- 

 jack and black hickory. At the edge of the prairie on the west side o 



