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FLORIDA STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
Farther tip stream No. 3 is seen in 
stream and in the undecayed condition 
The top of this stratum forms a second 
earth of No. 4 is seen in place here also, 
fullers earth and the sandstone is very 
mild fold is observed, the fullers earth 
142 feet per mile. The dip, however, is 
The following section was obtained in 
five miles west of Havana: 
the bottom and sides of the 
is found to resemble No. 1. 
small waterfall. The fullers 
The contact line between the 
distinct. At this exposure a 
dipping here at the rate of 
local. 
the railroad cut at Nicholson 
Section in Railroad Cut at Nicholson. 
Thickness 
of stratum. 
10. Medium coarse pale yellow superficial 
sand . 10 feet 
9. Seeming unconformity ... 
8. . Light reddish medium coarse partly in¬ 
durated, non-stratified, faintly cross 
Above the bed of 
Little River. 
68 to 76 feet. 
66 • feet. 
bedded sands .9 to 
12 
feet 
54 
to 
66 
feet. 
7. 
Unconformity . 
54 
feet. 
6 . 
Nicely laminated clays. 
4 
feet 
50 
to 
54 
feet. 
5. 
More massive, buff clays . 
4 
feet 
46 
to 
50 
feet. 
4. 
Laminated clays . 
8 
feet 
38 
to 
46 
feet. 
o 
Covered along the railroad toward Little 
River about mile. 
13 
feet 
25 
to 
38 
feet. 
2. 
Sandy clays overlaid by buff fullers 
earth ... 
5 
feet 
20 
to 
25 
feet. 
l. 
Covered to the bed of Little River, about 
20 
feet 
20 
feet. 
The following more complete section 
was 
obtained along the public 
road from Nicholson to Tittle River: 
t 
Thickness 
Above the bed of 
of stratum. 
Little River. 
10. 
Superficial sands, same as No. 10 of 
above section ... 
10 
feet 
94 
to 
104 
feet. 
9. 
Red sands .. 
36 
feet 
58 
to 
94 
feet. 
8. 
Covered . 
5 
feet 
53 
to 
58 
feet. 
7. 
Nicely laminated clays ..... 
li/4 
feet 
41^2 
to 
53 
feet. 
6. 
Buff colored clay . 
4 
feet 
37J4 
to 
41p2 feet. 
5 . 
Partly covered with occasional sands 
and sandy clay exposures. 
4 y 2 
feet 
33 
to 
37^4 feet. 
4 . 
Sands including some carbonaceous ma¬ 
terial and resembling No. 2 of above 
8 
feet 
25 
to 
33 
feet. 
3 . 
Blue fullers earth . 
5 
feet 
20 
to 
25 
feet. 
2. 
Gray sandstone . 
10 
feet 
10 
to 
20 
feet. 
1 . 
Covered to the bed of the river, about.. 
10 
feet. 
Practically all of Gadsden County is underlaid by fullers earth, the 
exposed edges of the strata forming a strip bordering most of the 
streams. 
