310 
The American Geologist. 
May, 1891 
Thickness in feet and 
Indies. 
Coal, poor and slaty. 10 in. to 3 ft 6 in. 
Fireclay. 1 ft. to 3 ft. 
Sandstones, shales. 10 ft. to 50 ft. 
Coal, soft and bony in places 2 ft. 6 in. 
Shales, sandstones 15 ft. to 25 ft 
Black-band ft. to 1 ft. 4 in 
Sandstones shales, sometimes conglomerates 15 ft. to 20 ft. 
Coal, soft ft. to 2 ft. u in 
Fire clay. ,0 ft. to l ft. 
Shales (argillaceous, fossiliferous) ft. to 12 ft. 
Coal, with seams of pyrite and slate. ft. to 4 ft. 9 in 
Shales, sandstones ,20 ft. to 25 ft 
Conglomerates gray and hard 16 ft. to 40 ft 
Slate. ft, to l ft. 
Coal, bony, l ft. to 3 ft. 
Fire clay oft. to 2 ft. 
Sandstones, shales 25 ft. to 125 ft 
Coal, peacock lustre. 
Sandstones, shales... 
Jefferson Seam. 
4 in. to 1 ft. 8 in. 
30 ft, to 50 ft. 
Coal, thin slate parting 2 ft. to 4 ft. 
Sandstones Oft. to 9 ft 
Coal Oft. tol ft. 6 in 
Sandstones o ft. to 4 ft. 
Coal, very good — 
Fire-clay. 
Sandstones, shales- 
Black Creek. 
Oft. to o ft. in. 
3 ft. 
20 ft. to 50 ft. 
14 Coal in one or two places said to be 6 ft 2 ft. 4 i 
Sandstones, shales, limestone- 
Coal 
Sandstones, shales 
Coal 
Sandstones, shales 
Black-hand, coal.. : 
Shale.. 
Warrior Seam- 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal. 
Fire-clay 
Sandstones, shales. 
Coal 
Sandstones, shales- 
in. 
50 ft. to 140 ft. 
Oft. to 1 ft. 
GO ft. to 225 ft. 
1 ft. to lft. 2 in. 
30 ft. to 125 ft. 
Oft. 3 in. to i ft. 
o ft. to 18 ft, 
lft. 
It. 3 in. to 17 ft. 
2 ft. 4 in. 
4 ft. 
Ill ft. to 20 ft. 
lft. Sin. to 2 ft. 4 
7 ft. ill. 
Xaber's Seam. 
Coal, hard 
Fire-clay •• 
Shales, sandstone, limestone; the sandstones with 
streaks of coal 
( loal, hard and bright 
Fire-clay. 
Sandstones, shales. 
Coal.. 
Shales, with fossil coal plants... 
Coal 
Sandstones, shales. •' 
Coal 
Shales, sandstones 
Coal 
Shales. 
Conglomerates (upper congl. of Tennessee) 
Coal. 
Shales, sandstones 
( longlomerates (lower congl. of Tennessee) 
Coal. 
Shales, fossiliferous 
Coal (slaty) 
Shales, sandstones 
2 ft. 2 in. 
6 ft. 10 in. 
205 ft. in. 
l ft. 6 in. 
lft, 
16 ft. 
1 ft. 4 in. 
12 ft. 
2 ft. 6 ill. 
500 ft. 
n It. 6 in. 
35 ft. 
lft. 
5 ft. 
30 ft. to 50 ft. 
1 ft. 
50 ft. 
40 ft. to 75 ft. 
lft. 
3 ft. to 10 ft. 
ft, 10 in. 
30 ft. to 35 ft. 
