YOUNG COUNTY. 499 



1. Alternating layers of thin, soft sandstone and bluish clay 10 feet. 



2. Thin layers of sandstone, with greater thickness of clay layers ... 4 feet. 



3. Hard blue clay, slightly shaly at the bottom 8 feet. 



4. Hard black shale, hardest at the bottom 6 feet. 



5. Coal 10 inches. 



6. Hard black shale 3 inches. 



7. Coal 8£ inches. 



8. Fire clay 6 inches. 



9. Coal, with parting of clay one-fourth inch 2 feet 3 inches. 



10. Clay and shale 4 inches. 



11. Coal . 3 inches. 



12. Clay 



Total 33 feet 3£ inches. 



This shaft was put down the past summer, and is entirely free from water. 

 It is situated east of a range of hills, in a broad plateau covered with small 

 timber. The covering of coal is good. This location would be a good place 

 to mine the coal. 



KENDALL SHAFT. 



This shaft is situated on school section No. 2 (6460), made in name of 

 Beaty, Seale & Forwood. This shaft is about seventeen hundred and seventy 

 feet south 31° east of the Graham shaft, and was the first one put down in 

 this vicinity. The section of the strata is the same as that made at the Gra- 

 ham shaft. The depth of the shaft is about the same. 



DONNELL BROTHERS' TUNNEL. 



This opening was made by cutting an open tunnel into the side of the hill. 

 It is situated on the Texas and Pacific Railroad survey No. 2 (file No. 6460). 



This opening shows the same covering as at the Graham shaft. The coal 

 is the same as in the other shafts in the vicinity. The opening is made on 

 the west side of the hill. This place is the farthest east of any outcrop in 

 this vicinity. This property belongs to the Donnell Brothers, at Eliasville, 

 Texas. I do not think this would be a desirable place to open a mine, as the 

 area containing coal is too small. The seam will evidently outcrop on the 

 eastern side of the hill, which is only a few hundred feet through. The dip 

 of the strata is to the northwest. 



GILFOIL SHAFT. 



This shaft is situated near the southwest corner of Gilfoil survey of one 

 hundred and sixty acres. 



It was partly filled with water at the time of our visit, so that no detailed 

 section could be made of it. The water came in from the surface. The 



