192 THE CLAYS OF ARKANSAS. 
southwest of the station. The well sections at Bryant, however, do 
not show satisfactorily that such clays exist there. The well at the 
Commercial Hotel, about 50 paces south of the railroad, and 22 feet 
deep, has hard clay in the bottom, but it is not known whether it is a 
potter's clay. Another well, 22 feet deep, a quarter of a mile north- 
east of the station, has lumpy clay in the bottom, but it is probably 
not a good potter's clay. In the NW. \ sec. 24, T. 1 S., R. 15 W., a 
well 15 feet deep has 10 feet of pipe clay in the bottom. Nothing is 
known of its value. In the SE. \ sec. 13, same township, a well 30 
feet deep has 10 feet of " joint clay" in the bottom. 
At Zuber post-office, in the NE. \ sec. 5, T. 1. S., R. 15 W., there are 
two wells. One in a depression struck black shale 4 feet below the 
surface, and one on the slope above the sawmill struck black shale at a 
depth of 20 feet. In the debris from the latter are numerous lumps 
of potter's clay, resembling that at Benton. 
In the NE. \ NW. J sec. 36, T. 2 S., R. 16 W., at Mr. Cliff's, a well 
passed through the following section : 
Section of Cliff's well. 
Feet. 
Red clay and sand 4 
Clay with fossil shells 20 
Decayed limestone 2 
The clay referred to was not seen by the writer, but it is possible that 
a portion of the bed, at least, may be available for pottery. 
Clay beds, somewhat mottled on their exposed surfaces, occur in 
the NW. i SW. | sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 15 W., but the Paleozoic rocks are 
exposed on the lower side of the hills that slope to the north in this 
quarter section. In the SW. \ sec. 20, of the same township, a well 
25 feet deep penetrates beneath the topmost 4 feet an 18-foot bed of 
light-colored potter's clay containing streaks of sand near the bottom. 
A well 40 feet deep in the middle of the east side of sec. 3, T. 3 S., 
R. 16 W., is said to be dug entirely in red and white pipe clay, through 
which there is a single black streak. No evidence was found of clay 
farther south in Saline County than where it is cut in this well. It 
should be remarked, however, that no well sections were found far- 
ther south. The surface is covered with fine quartz and novaculite j 
gravel, which seems to form the slope of the hill on the south side of 
the small creek in sec. 10, T. 3 S., R. 16 W. In the NE. \ sec. 14 of this 
township 16 feet of clay is also reported in a well. This is in Hot 
Spring County. 
Between the county line and Traskwood and thence northward on 
the Traskwood-Benton road for more than 4 miles the well sections 
show only sand or very sandy clays. 
On Crooked Creek in the SW. \ NE. \ sec. 15, T. 1 S., R. 14 W., 
about three-fourths of a mile west of Collegeville, there is an exposure 
of blue, white, and variegated shales. 
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