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the  bluff  one-half  mile  southwest  of  Manderson  station,  in  the  NE.  \ 
sec.  36,  T.  50  N.,  R.  93  W.,  and  there  are  two  similar  beds  outcropping 
on  the  bluffs  of  Elk  Creek,  near  the  middle  of  sec.  15,  T.  50  N., -R.  93  W. 
Lovell  coal  district. — South  and  southwest  of  Lovell,  Wyo.,  there 
are  two  or  more  thin  coal  beds,  probably  in  the  Laramie  formation, 
but  possibly  at  the  base  of  the  Fort  Union.  It  seems  likely  that  the 
beds  occur  at  nearly  the  same  horizon  as  those  at  the  Sarver  and 
Hopkins  mines,  north  of  Garland.  The  •  lower  bed  is  the  poorer, 
being  only  6  inches  thick  in  some  places,  and  at  no  place  2  feet  thick. 
The  upper  bed  is  of  workable  thickness  in  the  SW.  J  NW.  J  sec.  11, 
T.  55  N.,  R.  96  W.,  as  shown  by  the  following  section: 
Section  of  coal  bed  in  sec.  11,  T.  55  N.,  R.  96  W. 
Ft.    in. 
Coal '...  6 
Shale. . . : 1 
Coal , .  1     6 
Shale 4 
Coal 1     6 
Total  coal 3     6 
The  above  measurement  was  made  on  the  north  side  of  a  small, 
isolated  coal  basin  or  syncline.      (See  PL  X.) 
The  same  bed  is  exposed  in  a  prospect  7  miles  south  of  Lovell,  in 
the  NW.  i  NE.  J  sec.  21,  T  55  N.,  R.  96  W.  The  bed  here  attains  its 
maximum  thickness,  2  feet  10  inches,  and  is  opened  by  an  entry  75  feet 
long,  from  which  coal  is  hauled  to  Lovell  by  wagon.  A  section  of 
the  bed  is  given  below: 
Section  of  coal  bed  in  sec.  21,  T.  55  N.,  R.  96  W. 
Sandstone.  •  Ft.    in. 
Coal 5 
Shale 1 
Coal 1    2 
Shale 7 
Coal 7 
Shale 1 
Coal .- :..  8 
Total  coal 2  10 
