RUSK COUNTY. 261 



On the summit of Iron Mountain, formerly Elkins Mountain, also known 

 as Bagley Mountain, two and one half miles from G-lenfawn, seventeen miles 

 south of Henderson, and three miles south by east to Gould Postoffice, was 

 noted the following section: 



1. White sandy soil 2 feet 



2. Iron sandstone 1^ inches. 



3. Wavy laminated iron ore 74- inches. 



4. Buff crumbly iron ore . . . 34 inches. 



5. Orange loam to base. 



Width across the ridge, one-half mile; length, three and one-half miles. 



At Glenfawn there is a ridge two hundred yards wide, and six hundred 

 yards long. The crest of the ridge, near Mr. Blanton's house, is covered 

 with broken fragments of laminated and buff crumbly iron ore. 



About half a mile from Glenfawn, on the Douglass road, at the Nunnelly 

 place, now owned by Mr. McBelk, on the northwest slope of the ridge was 

 seen a considerable exposure of laminated and buff crumbly ore. A similar 

 exposure was seen two to three miles from Glenfawn, on the W. F. Allison 

 headright. 



Similar exposures were observed near the village of New Salem, on the 

 W. H. Walters headright, and further on in the road to Quin Mountain, 

 Sanchez headright, and at Uriah Quin's place, eighteen miles southwest of 

 Henderson, Robert D. Marlow headright. Quin Mountain is four miles long 

 and one mile wide. 



About twelve miles from Henderson, on the New Salem and Henderson 

 road, at Scoober Creek, were noticed a few rounded geodes with septa and 

 filled with ferruginous sand. 



On the Larissa road, six and one-half miles west of Henderson, are a few 

 bowlders of iron pebble conglomerate and small fragments of the former 

 underlying bed of iron sandstone. In the same road, west of W. T. Brew, 

 er's house, were seen similar bowlders of loosely aggregated iron pebble con- 

 glomerate. 



On the road from Belleview to Monroe, two and one-half miles from the 

 latter place, is a remnant of the iron pebble conglomerate bed, partly disinte- 

 grated. The hillsides are thickly strewn with iron pebbles from this source. 



On the road from Monroe to Henderson, two and one-half miles from the 

 latter place, is a remnant of the iron pebble conglomerate bed overlying a 

 thin broken stratum of fossiliferous iron sandstone, which rests upon orange 

 loam. 



On the same road, seven miles north of Henderson, is a remnant of a bed 

 of iron pebble conglomerate about three feet thick. 



