ECKEL] SALT AND GYPSUM OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. 409 
Well C, bored in 1847: 
Red clay 0-10 
Clay and plaster, with brown rocks 10-70 
Pure plaster 70-100 
Slate and plaster . 100-200 
Hard bine slate - 200-360 
Red slate 360-480 
Gray slate 480-495 
Red rocks, a little salty 495-505 
Well D, bored in 1847: 
Red clay 0-10 
Clay and plaster 10-62 
Plaster, with a little clay 62-200 
Red clay, with a little plaster .... . _ . 200-385 
Red clay, alkali, and salt 1 385-387 
Pure plaster 387-590 
Well E, bored in 1847: 
Red clay 0-10 
Clay and plaster 10-16 
Impure plaster 16-50 
Pure plaster . 50-102 
Slate and plaster -_ 102-165 
Nearly all plaster ....._ 165-210 
Blue slate 210-320 
Blue slate and plaster _ 320-390 
Yellow soapstone 390-445 
Pure plaster . '. 445-490 
Red rock, with a little salt 490-505 
Well F. bored in 1853: 
Clay 0-17 
Clay and plaster 17-50 
Pure plaster 50-83 
Hard black flint rock 83-90 
Pure plaster ... 90-96 
Plaster and sulphur balls 96-105 
[Recordlost] -. 105-109 
Red and yellow soapstone 109-120 
Hard blue slate and red, blue, and gray rock 120-359 
Yellow and blue slate ._ . _ 359-390 
Yellow and blue slate, salty 390-460 
Well G. bored in 1854: 
Sand and gravel 0-20 
Blue clay 20-30 
Hard white sand rock 30-40 
Clay and plaster •_ 40-55 
Buhrstone . 55-60 
Another well was bored in 1845. No record was kept and it is only 
known that salt water was struck. 
It will be seen that none of these wells gave any appreciable 
amount of salt. This may be due to the fact that the salt beds do 
not occur at this point or to the fact that the wells stopped some 
