BERING RIVER COAL. 7l 
Section in long tunnel one-fourth mile below house on Trout Creek. 
Shale roof. Feet. 
Coal a 33 
Shale floor. 
Strike N. 65° E., dip 38° NW. 
Section in tunnel 1,500 feet below house on Trout Creek. 
Arkose roof. Ft. in. 
Coal 7 7 
Arkose floor. 
Section on small drain into Trout Creek from the west. 
Shale roof Ft. in. 
Coal G 
Shale floor (strike N 2° W., dip 24° SW.). 
Concealed 20 
Coal (strike N. 25° E., dip 39° NW.) . '3 o 
Concealed 15 
Shale roof. 
Coal 12+ 
Shale, floor (strike N. 15° F., dip 27° NW.). 
The following sections are all in the group of hills between Lake Kushtaka and Shepherd 
Creek : 
Section on east side of Kushtaka Ridge {elevation 1 .335 feet) . 
Ft. in. 
Coal 12-15 
Shale 1 
Coal 2 6 
Shale 2 G 
Bone 2 4 
Coal 2 6 
Bone G 
Coal 1 
Bone 4 
Coal : 2 G 
27-30 2 
Strike N. 22° E., dip 58° NW. 
Section on east side of Kushtaka Ridqe (elevation 1.630 feet). 
Shale roof. Ft. in. 
Bone 8 
Coal 3 s 
Shale 1 
Coal 3 4 
Bone 
Coal 1 8 
Bone 5 
Coal 1 
Shale '. 1 
Coal 11 
Bone 2 
Dark shale floor. 
12 6 
Strike N. 45° E., dip 68° NW. 
Section in tunnel on west face of Kushtaka Ridge (elevation 790 feet. I 
Shale roof. Feet 
Coalb ls 
Shale floor. 
Strike N. 65° E., dip 45° NW. 
alncluded in sample No. 11, p. 74. b Included in sample No. 12, p. 74. 
Bull. 284—06 6 
