376 The American Geologist. December, L9©8. 
Jefferson County. 
No coal or lignite of any consequence has been reported 
from this count)-. 
Broadwater County. 
Some coal has been found in this county near Toston, a 
small town on the Northern Pacific Ry. in the southeastern 
part of the county. It is bituminous and probably belongs to 
the Cretaceous formation. The area is small, but contains 
good coking coal. One portion yields a small amount of 
graphite. 
Meager County. 
In the southern part of this county, near the northern base 
of the Crazy mountains, are some semi-bituminous to bitum- 
inous beds. These belong to the Yellowstone field, while to the 
east of the Crazy mountains are found some beds which belong 
to the Clark's Fork field. The deposits in this county are be- 
ing worked but very little if any. However, if Meagher county 
could furnish White Sulphur Springs, its county seat, with a 
cheap coal, her iron mines would soon be a source of great 
benefit to that city. Spencer and Menger have one of the best 
magnetite prospects the writer has ever examined. The vein 
is from 40 to 50 feet wide, but the extent otherwise is not 
known. The owners have sunk a shaft 30 to 40 feet going the 
entire distance through first class ore, and have prospected sev- 
eral hundred yards on each side of the shaft. All indications 
show it to be one of the best iron ore mines in the northwest. 
Madison County. 
Here is found the Ruby Valley field situated south of Vir- 
ginia City, which is a Cretaceous formation (Laramie). While 
so far very little work has been done in this field, there are 
several outcrops. Some very good bituminous coal has been 
found near Ennis, a small town northeast of Virginia Citv. 
Future developments will doubtless yield fair results from this 
latter locality. According to recent reports, good bituminous 
coal has been found one and one-half miles east from Mnnida. 
Gallatin County. 
This county, located in the southern part of the state, is one 
of the best bituminous coal counties in the bituminous region. 
In the southwestern part of this county is found the West Gal • 
