30 COAL RESOURCES OF THE YUKON. [no. 218. 
in the winter, without timbering, so that the opening caved in with 
the summer thaw. The beds dip southeast at 35°, and the following 
section is reported: 
Section on Washington Greek. 
Ft. in. 
Coal 1 
Clay - 1 
Coal 1 6 
Clay 1 
Coal 4 
Fire clay 1 
Coal 1 6 
Carbonaceous shale 12 
Clean coal 4 
About 2 miles above this point, on the left bank of the creek, the 
Alaska Coal and Coke Company has opened coal beds in a hill rising 
from 100 to 300 feet above the creek, where the following section is 
reported : 
Section at coal mine of Alaska Coal and Coke Company on Washington ('reck. 
Feel 
Sandstone 
Coal 5 
Thin bands of shale and coal 20 
Coal 4 
The coal outcrops for 700 feet along the strike, and the dip is about 
45° SE. 
Between these two points outcrops of coal were seen by the writer 
in the creek bank, which is about 15 feet high and capped with gravel 
covered by a deep tundra growth. The coal seemed to lie nearly hor- 
izontal in the cropping. 
Mr. N. B. La Brie, of the Alaska Coal and Coke Compare, reported 
a section on the creek showing about 30 feet of coaly shale, in the 
middle of which there are two seams of clean coal with 2 feet of 
"dirt" between. The lower seam is 1 feet thick and the upper from 
2 to 3 feet. There is no apparent difference in the character of the 
coal of the two seams. The coal dips to the east at an angle of 44V. 
On the right bank of the creek, some distance above the workings 
of the Alaska Coal and Coke Company, a section is reported to have 
shown 30 feet of coal and shale, but only 12 feet were exposed at the 
time of the writer's visit. The rocks dip 15° SW. and show the fol- 
lowing section: 
Section on right bank oj Washington Creek above Alaska Coal and Coke Company's mine. 
Ft. in 
Clean coal, with several small streaks of clay 5 6 
Dirty coal 2 6 
Sandstone 2 • 
Shale 2 
Coal 2 
