186 THE CLAYS OF ARKANSAS, 
Section of well at Woosley's pottery. 
Feet. 
Gravelly and clayey sand . 4 
Potter's clay, becoming sandy below 10 
Stratified blue or black joint clay 45 
The well ends in the joint clay without penetrating it. Probably 
the clay is precisely equivalent to that found in the Benton well 
sections. 
The section at Woosley's pit, as observed by Professor Call in June, 
1891, is given below. 
Section at Woosley's clay pit. 
Feet. 
1. Light gravelly and sandy soil 1 
2. Gravel bed, with much coarse sand . 3 
3. Red sandy clay with occasional pockets of clay 8 
4. Snuff-colored potter's clay, upper foot containing pockets of red 
sand, lower 4 feet a bright-yellow potter's clay 12 
5. Fine white sand with some clay 12 
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The sands from No. 5 of this section were mixed with clays from 
No. 4. The pottery made of this combination was a well-bodied 
light-yellow ware with a metallic ring, and took a good glaze. Only 
a portion of this clay was worked and the pit was then abandoned 
by its owner, who now uses clay from a bed 500 feet north of Davis's 
pottery and west of the military road. 
In appearance and in general structure the clay taken from Woos- 
ley's bed is like that found in the other clay deposits near Benton. 
It is light pinkish brown when moist and dries to a faint pink color. 
In working and burning it has the reputation of being, next to that 
from Ilhodenbaugh's bed, the finest clay in the district. It burns to 
a solid stone body and takes both salt and Albany slip glaze. 
DAVIS CLAY BANK. 
The L. R. Davis pit (formerly Herrick & Davis) is in the NW. J 
SE. J sec. 2, on the northwest side of the old military road. The 
following section in a pit near the west end of the bank shows the 
relations of the several beds: 
Section at the L. R. Davis clay vit. 
y * Feet. 
Waterworn gravel 3 
Red clay 4 
Potter's clay 11 
Ferruginous sandstone at the bottom. 
Nearly the same section is exposed in a well 50 feet deep a little 
east of the east end of the pit. In the well section the gravel is 
thicker and the red clay somewhat thinner, while the potter's clay 
remains the same. 
