4() THE BOOK CLIFFS COAL FIELD. 
more than 1 foot thick, the lowest occurring about 340 feet above 
the top of the Mancos shale. 
Section at northwest end of Bechwith Plateau. 
Ft. in. 
Sandstone, massive, fine grained 240 
Coal 2 
Shale, carbonaceous 7 
Sandstone, buff 5 
Coal ' 4 
Shale, carbonaceous 6 
Sandstone, thin bedded 10 
Coal 4 
Shale, carbonaceous 1 
Coal 1 6 
Shale, carbonaceous 2 
Sandstone, carbonaceous 2 
Sandstone, thin bedded, buff 6 
Shale, buff 6 
Coal 1 8 
Sandstone, carbonaceous 1 
Coal 2 
Shale, carbonaceous 8 
Sandstone, thick bedded 20 
Coal 3 
Shale, carbonaceous, drab 4 
Sandstone, carbonaceous 3 
Shale, carbonaceous 1 
Coal 1 
Sandstone, thin bedded, and shale 10 
Shale, carbonaceous . 3 
Coal 1 2 
Shale, carbonaceous 1 
Shale, buff, containing fossil plains 2 
Sandstone, buff, containing Anomia micronema, Modiola laticos- 
tala, and Corbula perundata 3 
Shale, buff. ..' 3 
Sandstone, buff, thick bedded 45 
Sandstone, thin bedded, and shale 140 
Sandstone, thick bedded, buff 90 
Sandstone, thin bedded, and shale 80 
Sandstone, thick bedded, buff 65 
Sandstone, thin bedded, buff 30 
Shale. 
805 2 
At Peterson's prospect (No. 33), high up on the hillside, near the 
entrance to Price Canyon, the following section was measured: 
Section at Peterson's prospect, near Price Canyon. 
Ft. in. 
Shale, carbonaceous 8 
Bone J l 
Coal 4 
Shale, carbonaceous 10 
Sandstone. — 
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