314 The American Geologist. May, i89i 
which coal has been irregularly picked to supply the needs of the 
neighborhood for domestic purposes. 
The first of the coal openings visited lay in northwest \ south 7 r 
Range 3, Township 12, almost on the line between Blount and 
Cullman counties. This point is about 13 miles south by west of 
the town of Cullman, and 70 feet lower than the station rail (by 
uncorrected barometer), or 732 feet above tide. The exposure is 
called Da} T 's opening, and a rough measurement gave: 
Sandstone and shale ? 
CoaJ 1 ft. 6 in. 
• 1 ft. 5 in. 
Coal 2 ft. 4 in. 
This coal is without question the eopnivaleut of the Black Creek 
bed in Jefferson county. 
Hill's exposure, a short distance from the preceding, is evi- 
dently on the same coal. A section of it gave : 
Roof sandstone ? 
Clay ft, 3 in. 
Upper Seam ft. 18in. 
Clay 1 ft. 9 in. 
Lower seam 2 ft. 4 in. 
The general dip was south 1 5 degrees east. 
About a mile west of this is the Cullman Land company's open- 
ings, exposing a coal seam in a ditch run in some 60 feet. A sec- 
tion of this cut shows — 
Sandstone ? 
Clay ft. 2 in. 
Coal 1 ft. 2 in. 
Clay 1 ft. in. 
Coal 2 ft. 9 in. 
Average samples were taken of the lower and upper seams of 
coal respectively, with the following results: 
Specimens dried at 105O < cut. 
Lower Scam. Upper Seam. 
PerCent. Per Cent. 
Volatile matter 31.00 30.79 
Fixed carbon 05.50 42.00 
Ash 3.44 21.21 
Sulphur 0.184 0.07S 
Phosphorus .0-017 0-012 
There were numerous outcrops of ferruginous sandstones found 
here, but no iron ore. 
