144 THE CLAYS OF ARKANSAS. 
in the NE. \ NW. \ sec 29, T. 12 S., R. 18 W., there is a bed of 
pottery clay about 2 feet thick overlying the lignite, The upper 6 
inches of this clay is of a yellowish color; the lower 18 inches is bluish 
gray. Both portions contain a large amount of very fine micaceous 
sand. The gray portion seems to be a fair potter's clay. 
Wells bored at Henry C. Bell's place on sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 18 W., 
passed through an aggregate of 17 feet of clay and 4 J feet of lignite. 
The order of their arrangement could not be ascertained. 
A well put down at Wilson Carter's gin in the NW, \ NW. \ sec. 15, 
T. 12 S., R. 19 W., has the following section: 
Section in well at Wilson Carter'' s gin. 
Feet. 
Sand 15 
Clay 5 
Lignite 4| 
Clay. 
f Mr. Kennedy reports a drift in the NW. \ NW. \ sec. 15, T. 12 S., 
R. 18 W., with 3 feet of blue-gray clay above and below a 3-foot lignite 
bed. 
Near Dempay's mill, in the S. J SW. \ sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 18 W., 
the road descending from the hills to the flood plain of Ecore Fabre 
Creek passes over some light-gray sandy clays that appear to be avail- 
able for potter}^ From this point the highlands that border the right 
side of the Ouachita Valley follow a zigzag course through sees. 25, 
24, 13, 12, 11, 1, and 2 of f. 12 S., R. 18 W., and still farther north it 
passes through sees. 36, 35, 25, 26, 34, and 33, T. 11 S., R. 18 W., and 
returns to sees. 4 and 5 of T. 12 S., It. 18 W. The clay outcrops 
follow in and out around the sides of these hills, though as a rule they 
are concealed by the earth and humus that have accumulated upon 
them. Outcrops of the same beds may be traced in the same way 
about the headwaters of Wolf Creek and of Ecore Fabre Creek. 
South of Ecore Fabre Creek the Lester-Camden road rises to higher 
ground in the NW. \ NW. J sec. 1, T. 13 S., R. 18 W. In these 
higher lands good pottery clays crop out locally in gullies and in the 
bluffs, but for the most part the outcrops are concealed by debris 
from the overlying beds. In the SW. J NW. J sec. 1, near Joshua 
Lester's house, this clay is exposed on the hillside just west of the 
road. The section shows 2 or 3 feet of sandy clay with 2 feet 
(exposed) of pink sandy potter's clay beneath it. This clay contains 
fossil leaves. 
Mr. Lester's house is in the NE. \ SW. \ sec. 1, T. 13 S., R. 18 W. 
Just across the road west of his house, and about 200 feet from it, 
there is a 3-foot bed exposed; above it the soil is streaked with red, 
and contains thin bands of limonite; below it are red sandy clays, over 
15 feet of which are exposed. 
