SECOND ANNUAL REPORT—EUEEERS EARTH. #83 
Section on Public Road about one mile east of Quincy. 
5. Covered to the top of the hill. 
4. Greenish sticky clay ...,. 5 feet. 
3. Fullers earth, about . 4 feet. 
2. Calcareous sand rock with fossils. 4 feet. 
1. Fullers earth (exposed) . 3 feet. 
A similar exposure of fullers earth is seen in an open field across 
the stream to the south. 
The following approximate section is seen on the Quincy-Atta- 
pulgus road five miles northeast of Quincy. The exposure occurs on 
the north side of Willacoochee Creek. 
5. Covered to the top of the hill. 
4. Blue sands which upon exposure oxidize yellow .. 6 feet. 
3. Fullers earth, about . 6 feet. 
2. Sandstone, about .. .. 4 feet. 
1. Fullers earth (exposed). 1 foot. 
The fullers earth is seen also on the south side of the stream. 
Section one mile west of Gatalaff, on zvest side of Attapulgus Creek. 
5. Covered to the top of the hill. 
4. Fullers earth, about .... .. 5 feet. 
3. Sandstone ... 2 x / 2 feet. 
2. Fullers earth, about .. 8 feet. 
1. Sandstone, about •.... 8 feet. 
Base of section above stream bed about 10 to 15 feet. 
The following approximate section was made at the public road 
crossing on Bear Creek, nine miles southwest of Quincy and about 
three-fourths mile east of Gregory postoffice. 
6. Superficial sand, seemingly unconformable upon the underlying 
formations, and of variable thickness. 
5. Mottled and more or less decayed sandy clay. 
4. Mottled sandy clay with many siliceous pebbles especially at the 
bottom ...... 15 feet. 
3. Sandstone . 3 feet. 
2. Fullers earth, about ... 3 feet. 
1. Sandstone ... 5 feet- 
A small branch entering Crooked Creek from the southeast forms 
a good section .in cutting through the fullers earth series. The follow¬ 
ing partial section was made at the site of the old dam on this stream: 
4. Base of fullers earth above which in a direct line is covered to the 
top of the hill. 
3. Sandstone, decayed and oxidized yellow, about.. 8 feet. 
2. Fullers earth, good grade at the top. Some sand interbedded near 
the base ..... 7 feet. 
1. Gray sandstone, vertical and forming waterfall..... 10 feet. 
