SALINE COUNTY. 189 
Section in sec. 13, T. 2 S., R. 15 W. 
Feet. 
Red sandy clay 3 
Joint clay 4 
Blue sand 13 
20 
In the NE. J SE. \ sec. 13, T. 2 S., R. 15 W., at Bennett's pottery, a 
well 20 feet deep has the section given below. 
Section of well at Bennett's pottery. 
Feet. 
Soil 5 
Clay 2 
Red sandy clay 12 
Blue sand at bottom. 
The well section at Mrs. Butler's and at other points south of the 
railway, taken in connection with the other observations, throws 
light on the distribution of the clay beds about Benton and through- 
out the region south of Benton. The relations of these sections to 
one another can be best shown by the profile given in fig. 16. This 
FIG. It;.— North-south section at Benton, showing relations of the clay beds north of the railway to 
those south of it. 
section shows why pottery clay was not found either in the well 
south of Mrs. Butler or in that at Bennett's pottery. If these wells 
were carried down 25 feet deeper they would enter the bed pene- 
trated at Mrs. Butler's. 
On the hills west of Mrs. Butler's, at a point in the W. J sec. 14, 
but not precisely located, a well is reported with the following 
section : 
Well section in sec. 14, T. 2 S., R. 15 W. 
Feet. 
Clay and gravel 10 
Clay with sand streaks 20 
Sand 4 
It seems probable that the sand found in the bottom of this well 
is the top of the sand bed that overlies the potter's clay, and that if 
the well were carried down 20 feet deeper it would enter the clay. 
Mr. T. C. Hopkins also found an exposure of weathered potter's 
clay on the south side of the little stream about a quarter of a mile 
south of the Benton depot. This is about where one would expect 
to find the outcrop of the great bed on the south side of t lie valley. 
