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Xear Howard's Point the following beds are below coal No. 15. In 

 sec. 3G, T. 7 N., E. 2 E., there is an outcrop on the head of Gamp creek 

 of about 2 feet of hard grayish-blue fucoidal sandstone, which turns 

 dark-brown on exposure. 



At Howard's Point part of the same sandstone appears thus : 



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1. Yellow shaly sandstone 1 



2. Hard bluish-gray sandstone 1 



3- Sandy sua' es and thin beds of chocolate colored sandstone 10 



A quarter of a mile down the creek, there is 15 feet of dove colored 

 clay shale. In the lower part are concretions of sulphuret of iron and 

 carbonate of iron and lime. 



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 TSo. 2. Dark shales, lower part bituruinons ; sometimes there is a bed of dark shaly lime- 

 stone 1 6 



^'o. 3. Bituminous coal (No. 14) 10 



No. 4. Dove colored fire-clay 4 



So. 5. Thickly laminated soft chocolate colored and red sandy shales. 4 



On Kaskaskia river, in sec. 28, T. 9 JSL, E. 3 E.: 



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1. Slope from hill top about 80 



2. Olive clay shales with some ferruginous concretions ? 



3. Dark blue slialy limestone 4 



4. Brownish ash calcareous shales, contains Athyris subtilita, GhoneUs Flemingii, crinoid 



arms and columns , 2 



5. Bituminous coal (Xo.-14) 14 



6. Fire-clay 4 



7. Course, rough, nodular, sandy shales, some hard nodular, sandy and calcareous beds con- 



taining Productus Pratitenianus, Aviculo-pecten, etc G 



Down the river 300 yards the same sandstone appears at the water's 

 edge. 



At Brown's coal bank on the west fork of Beck's creek, at the county 

 line, in the south part of sec. 22, T. 9 N., 1$. 1 E., the coal is said to be 

 1G inches thick, capped by dark slate. The section is : 



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1. Dark lead-blue limestone, dull appearance, weathers ash blue 1 



2. Lead blue calcareous shales, abounds in Productus ffebrascensis, Orthis carbonaria, IZetzia 



Punctidifera, Athyris subtilita, also contains Spirifer plano-convexus, Spiriferina Ken- 

 tuekensis _ 2 



3. Coal (14) 16 to 2'4 inches. 



A half-mile down the creek there is found : 



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1. Ferruginous limestone rather shaly, contains remains of crinoids and Lophophyllum pro- 



liferum 6 



2. Light greenish clay shales 2 



3. Thinly laminated sandy shales 2 



4. Hard bluish-gray or drab calcareous sandstones 1 



5. Drab and blue clay shales 8 



In sec. 30, T. 9 X., E. 2 E., (known as the Gooden coal bank) we have : 



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1. Drift slope 1 



2. Dull ash blue shaly limestone, weathers to a dirty drab, fossils are Productus Nebrascensis, 



P. PratienianuSf and GhoneUs 1 



