CHAPTER XVIII. 
THE PERMO-OAEBONIEEEOUS SYSTEM— cow/mweaf. 
THE TJPPEE BOWEN EORMATION OUTSIDE OF THE TYPE DISTRICT, 
IifCiuDiifG Nebo, Maokat, Lentejt Dowys, Isaacs anb Dawson Rivers, Cement Hill, Clermont, 
Blair Atholb, and Dinner Creek, Stanwell. 
On the right bank of Bee Creek, above its junction with Hail Creek, two shafts known 
^8 “ Walker’s ” were sunk about ten years ago. The shafts have tumbled in, and there 
is no evidence to show whether they reached or cut through the strata exposed in the 
tank of the creek, which are as follow : — 
Ft. 
6 
Hark shale with coaly streaks 
Fireclay 
Shale 
Sandy fireclay. 
Coaly seam 
Sandstone 
Laminated fireclay 
Coaly shale 
Fireclay 
Coaly seam 
Fireclay 
Coaly seam 
Fireclay 
Coaly seam 
Fireclay 
Coaly seam 
Fine sandstone 
Coaly seam 
The coaly seams of the above section are composed of black carbonaceous mud, 
^itk streaks and films of coal. A waterworn sample of coal from the bed of the creek 
a specific gravity of 1'57, and contained — 
m. 
0 
6 
8 
2 
4 
5 
3 
7 
9 
3 
3 
0 11 
0 6 
Water 
2-87 
Volatile hydrocarbons ... ... ... ... 
12-61 
Fixed carbon (hard stony coke) 
60-91 
Ash (white) ... 
23-61 
100-00 
, I'he strata are horizontal, but about a quarter of a mile down the creek some 
fg ^ greenish-grey sandstone, containing silicified wood, and bearing a strong 
in file strata of the Upper Series on the Bowen Eiver Coal Field, as exposed 
^'Ck s Creek, dip slightly to the west. 
file bed of Walker’s Creek, about two miles above its junction with Eeedy or 
thg °’^°egh Creek, three small shafts have been sunk on a coal-seam, but in no case has 
ijj |.i '^ffem of the seam been reached. The following section is seen on the bank and 
® shafts. The strata dip at 5° to E.S.E. 
