COLLIER.] 
WASHINGTON CREEK. 
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way, the coal seams at Cliff Creek and Coal Creek, in Canadian terri- 
tory, which have been described. 
At a point li miles above the beginning of the coal-bearing forma- 
Cathul Mt. 
A Cathul Mt. 
r n Yukon silts (Pleistocene! ^^M Lower Cretaceous 
l'v!\v.' ■'." j Kenai sandstones, coal formation (Eocene) KT^^j Rampart series (Devonian?) 
Fig. 1. — Sketch map showing geologic relations of the Washington Creek coal basin. 
tion Messrs. Walter Stanford, J. W. Pratt, W. S. Layman, and F. L. 
Jewett opened a coal bed on the right bank of the creek and took out 
5 tons of coal, which were hauled by dog teams to the river bank for 
the purpose of a steaming test on the river. The work was done 
