YOUNG COUNTY. 495 



About three miles south of the mouth of Coal Creek, on the Eradwell sur- 

 vey, near the Taylor farm, I found an outcrop of coal that is a different seam 

 from No. 7, the one I have mentioned at the other localities. It is below a 

 bed of limestone. I made the following section at that locality. Beginning 

 at the bottom: 



1. Blue clay (bottom not seen) 4 feet. 



2. Coal 4 inches. 



3. Clay 6 inches. 



4. Limestone 2 feet. 



5. Blue clay . . 3 feet. 



6. Limestone, thin-bedded 3 feet. 



Total 12 feet 10 inches. 



This seam was reported to have been found in several places in the vicinity, 

 but I did not see it anywhere else, as the reported find was generally in a well 

 or the bed of a creek or river, or some other inaccessible place. 



At the mouth of Whisky Creek, two miles north of Belknap, Coal Seam 

 No. 7 outcrops in several places. At this place coal was mined to supply the 

 United States post at Fort Belknap many years ago. Since the abandon- 

 ment of the post the mine has not been used, and all the old works have 

 fallen in. 



At the mouth of the creek I made the following section. Beginning at the 

 top: 



1. Soil 2 feet. 



2. Conglomerate 40 feet. 



3. Coal 1 foot. 



4. Sandstone and shale 8 feet. 



5. Coal 1 foot 8 inches. 



6. Sandstone 25 feet. 



7. Limestone 2 feet. 



8. Coal 1 foot 2 inches. 



9. Shale 3 feet. 



Total 83 feet 10 inches. 



Two hundred yards above the mouth of Whisky Creek the following sec- 

 tion occurs. Beginning at the top: # 



1. Shaly sandstone, ripple-marked 3 feet. 



2. Fine grained sandstone and clay, even-bedded 1 foot 6 inches. 



3. Shaly sandstone and clay 3 feet. 



4. Shale, with sandstone nodules 1 foot 6 inches. 



5. Coal , 1 foot. 



6. Bluish clay, with selenite 6 feet. 



Total 16 feet. 



