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blue, is by no means so extensive and is at some places altogether 
absent. In the Beebe district the brownish-yellow surface material 
varies from 3 to 6 feet in thickness. At Searcy it is 3 feet thick, 
while a mile west of Searcy, in a well, it is only 2 feet 6 inches thick, 
and it has the same thickness (2 feet 6 inches) at Judsonia. 
Wells in the neighborhood of Kensett show that the upper clay 
there is very irregular in thickness, while in some of them it is wanting 
altogether. In the Briggs well, in the S. § NW. } NE. I sec. 16, T. 
7 N., 11. 6 W., it is 2 feet thick. On the road near Captain Moseby's 
house, about a quarter of a mile south-southeast of Moseby's gin 
house, in the NW. I NW. | sec. 15, T. 7 N., R. 6 W., it is 3 feet thick. 
At West Point an extensive area is altogether devoid of any such cov- 
ering, while the railway from that place to Kensett shows it in various 
places to have a thickness of 2 to 4 feet. 
Brownish-yellow clay or earth suitable for the manufacture of brick 
is found in spots throughout the area under consideration, but most 
of these areas are too small to be shown on a small map. These spots 
occur in rolls or on the tops of ridges, and may, as at Judsonia, occupy 
parts of sees. 8, 9, and 17. At Searcy the brownish-yellow earth 
extends over an area that is possibly a quarter of a mile wide and 
three-quarters of a mile long, occupying the small valley running west 
from the town of Searcy through the centers of sees. 10 and 9 and the 
middle of sec. 8, T. 7 N., R. 7 W. This area includes the best brick 
clays in this neighborhood. 
The sections exhibited in the well borings from Cabot, Beebe, Ken- 
sett, and Judsonia, in a continuous line, as well as those along the 
lines from Searcy to West Point, show the persistence of the underly- 
ing bluish-white or bluish-brown clay. This clay is dark bluish brown 
when moist and gray when dry. The light-gray appearance is due to 
patches of pale-blue clay embedded in the mass. When exposed at 
the surface and allowed free contact with the rain these whitish or 
pale-blue spots become fluid and spread over the face of the cutting, 
giving the whole a light appearance. This clay contains also numer- 
ous patches stained with iron and some almost black. The following 
sections show the relations between the upper yellow loam deposits 
and the lower blue clays and sands: 
Section in C. Essig's well, near Beebe. 
Feet. 
1. Surface clay 4 
2. Bluish clay with dark-colored and iron-stained patches 10 
3. Joint clay 20 
4. Yellow sandy clay 14 
5. Quicksand 7 
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No. 1 of this section is used for bricks and Ao. 2 for dram tile. 
