Warrior coal field of northern Alabama. — Frazer. 309 
Thickness in Feet and 
Inches. 
Shale, massive and curly 75 ft. to 100 ft. 
39 Coal. „•••.■•„■■ 1ft. to lft. 6 in. 
Sandstones, hard, snaly, gray, micaceous, fossihfer- 
ous 40 ft. 
38 Coal, guide seam soft 3 in. to 8 in 
Fire clay 3 it. to 4 ft. 
Sandstone, Shale, micaceous, gray. In heavy boul-| 
ders. Reported to contain locally sonic impure 
lime carbonate, shales contain locally black 
band and clay iron-stone 100 ft to 200 ft. 
37 Coal (Pratt Seam) 2ft.to7ft 
Fire clay. 2 ft. to 10 ft. 
Sandstones, shales, clays 20 ft. to 30 ft 
Coal (fire-Clay scam, good) 1 ft. 4 in. to 2 ft c in 
Fire-clay.. 1 ft. tot ft. in. 
Sandstones, shales, conglomerates 25ft. to40. ft 
Coal. lft. 2 in. 
Clay-slate, fussiliferous, with coal in. to 7 ft. 3 in. 
35 Coal ■ .;■•. lft. to 2 ft. Sin. 
( 'lay-slate, rossiliferous. o ft. to l ft. 9 in 
Coal good ft. to 3 ft. in'. 
Sandstones, shales, clay slate ■_>,-, ft. to 17.". ft 
34 Coal, irregular, slaty, balls of pyrite 1 ft. to 2 ft. 6 in 
Sandstones and shales. 30 It. to 70 it 
Coal Oft. to 2 ft. 
Slate....... ft, to 4 in. 
33 Coal. 6 in. to 4 ft. 
Slat i', sandstone 8 111. to 7 ft 
Coal • 3 in. to l ft. s in. 
Shales, sandstones 5 ft. to 50 ff 
32 Coal ^ L ft. to 2 ft. 6 in 
Sandstones, shales, lossiliierous, with coal. 20 ft. to 50 ft 
:;i Coal --'in. to lft. 
Sandstones, shales. Latter contain clay-iron-stone. . . 25 ft. to 50 ft ] 
:;n ( !oal, with slate partings 10hxto8ft 
Fire-clay 2 ft. 
Sandstones, shales. The latter contain sometimes 
clay-iron-stone and black-band 10 ft. to 50 ft 
Conglomerates Oft. to 6 ft. 
29 Coal, with thin slate parting. Oft. to 1 ft, 
Sha les, sandstones, limestone. -,n ft. t,> 300' ft 
Conglomerates ft. to 7 ft. 
Sandstones loft. 
28 Coal, witli slate parting.. • -(Cal. Williams) 2 ft. 4 in. to 9 ft ( ; i u 
Sandstones, shales and clays. ft. to 12 ft 
Coal, with slate partings 0ft. to 6 ft 
Fire-clay :; ft. 
Sandstones, shales ■-nil 
^7 Coal. ■ ft, to 2 ft. 
Sandstones, >hales. 10 ft, to 50 ft 
Coal, with slate partings ft. to s ft 
Fire-clay, sandstones, conglomerates, shales, slate.... 25 ft. to 50 ft 
25 < 'oal in places, thin 2 ill. 
Sandstones with some coal and sonic clay-iron-stone 
in lower part 20 ft. 
24 Coal 4 in. to 1 ft. 
Sandstones, shales. L >5 ft. to 30 ft 
23 Coal, (Baker's "upper bed," Walker county) win to2fl 
fireclay, shales, sandstones 20 ft. to 50 ft 
22 Coal, slaty, throughout or in upper part (Baker's 
tfwer bed, Walker county) 2 ft. toe fl 
Shales, sandstones 20 ft. to 40 f I 
Black-band 211. 
Shale, sandstone 5 ft. to 20 ft. 
Newcastle. 
21 Coal with slate and clay partings (equivalent of the 
"Jagger, rownley, ' "Alt. Carmel," "Haw 
thorne," &C-, beds of \\ alker county, the "New- 
castle" or "Bjg Vein" of Jefferson county) 5ft ton f| 
Sandstones, Shales, Sometimes Considerably clav- 
iron-stone (kidney ore) in upper and lower parts. 1.-, ft, to go ft. 
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