82 THE CLAYS OF ARKANSAS. 
north and into jointed and indurated sand of the same color 20 feet 
to the south. The joint cracks of the clay have been filled with 
sand carried by percolating waters. Elevation, 280 feet. 
John C. Welch's well, in the NE. \ NW. } sec. 19, passes through 
about 30 feet of white sand. It may be that this is a sandy kaolin 
similar to those described in the preceding pages. Elevation, 350 
feet. 
An outcrop of plastic gray clay occurs in the road about 400 yards 
east of Welch's pottery. The thickness of this bed was not appar- 
ent. Elevation, 440 feet. 
There is said 'to be a fine bed of excellent potter's clay on a small 
stream north of Princeton, about 1 mile above a point where the 
stream is crossed by the Malvern road, 1 mile north of the town. 
John C. Welch's clay bank, in sec. 17, T. 8 S., R. 15 W., is in a 
neighborhood that abounds in excellent clays. The beds occur also 
along both sides of Cypress Creek and of West Tulip and East Tulip 
creeks, near to the headwaters of those streams, winding in and outfl 
among the hills and cropping out in the bluffs and banks of streams. N 
The covering of the beds varies greatly; where the overlying beds 
have been eroded away the covering is thin, but where they crop 
out in steep-sided hills it is generally thick. Where these clays have 
been dug they have been taken from beneath rather heavy coverings. 
Mrs. Lantorn's well, sec. 17, 440 yards west of the northeast 
corner. Elevation, 310 feet. 
Section in well of Mrs. Lantorn. 
Feet. 
Soil and gravel 6 
White pipe clay 10 
White sand 2 
White clay 27 
A load of this clay was tried by Mr. Welch, who says that it works 
very well. 
P. N. Lantorn's well, SE. \ NE. \ sec. 8. Elevation, 370 feet. 
Section of well of P. N. Lantorn. 
Feet. 
Soil and gravel 2 
Hard bluish clay 58 
Lignite 8 
L. D. Lantorn's well, sec. 5, middle of the south side. Elevation, 
480 feet, 
Section of well of L. 1>. Lantorn. 
Feet. 
S< >il , gravel , and sand 10 
White pipe clay , , , , 28 
