SALINE COUNTY- 187 
Below is given the section of a well at Mr. Herrick's house, east of 
Davis's clay pit, in the NW. | SE. | sec, 2, T. 2 S., R. 15 W. 
Section of Herrick's well. 
Feet. 
Waterworn gravel 4 
Brown pottery clay 11 
Coarse, white, sharp sand 25 
Waterworn, iron-stained gravel 10 
50 
The potter's clay thins out and disappears south of the road ana 
about 50 yards south of Davis's pottery sheds. The clay burns to a 
white or cream color and may be glazed by both salt and Albany 
slip glaze. 
HENDERSON CLAY BANK. 
S. M. Henderson's bank is in the NW. \ NE. \ sec. 2, T. 2 S., 
R. 15 W., and underlies a brownish sandy gravel 3 feet in thickness 
and a blue sandy clay containing bright patches. This sandy clay 
is of variable thickness, but it averages about 3 feet. Beneath this 
bed lies the potter's clay, with a thickness of 14 feet. The color of 
the clay varies with the depth in the pit, ranging from light blue or 
pinkish on top to almost black at the base. The lower, strata con- 
tain impressions of leaves and stems of plants. This clay burns to a 
stone body that readily takes both the Albany slip and the salt 
glaze. 
About 300 feet east of Kirkpatrick's house a well at his brick- 
yard shows the pottery clay to have a covering of 15 feet. 
At Kirkpatrick's, on the west side of the NE. \ NE. \ sec. 11, a 
well 20 feet deep penetrates gravelly, sandy clay and ends in the 
potter's clay beds. 
This bed is probably continuous eastward over the bottoms along 
the creek. Its dip is southeast, as is indicated by the occurrence of 
a similar bed in a well section three-fourths of a mile farther east, in 
the NE. J NE. \ sec. 23, T. 2 S., R. 15 W., which is without doubt 
an extension of the same deposit. 
Search has been made for these beds at various points in ravines 
and gullies along the hillside south of the Iron Mountain Railway 
depot at Benton, but none were found. 
WOMACK CLAY BANK. 
A stiff, dark, lead-colored clay appears in the town of Benton on 
the west side of Market street and between that point and the "old 
military road," in the NW. \ SW. \ sec. 11, T. 2 S., R. 15 W. The 
clay is at least 30 feet thick, as seen in the section given below (by 
Call), but its total thickness has not been ascertained. It gets 
darker as it is penetrated deeper. 
