COAL  ON   NOKTHEAST  SIDE   OF  BIGHORN   BASIN,   WYO. 
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At  other  places  in  the  same  township  the  beds  are  too  thin  and  dirty- 
to  be  mined,  as  shown  by  the  following  sections: 
Sections  of  Laramie  (?)  coal  beds  in  T.  55  N.,  R.  96  W. 
SW.  S  SW.  1  SEC.  16. 
NW.  1  NW.  1  SEC.  18. 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Ft. 
...     2 
...    1 
...    1 
in. 
5 
7 
5 
Sandstone. 
Shale 
Coal. 
Shale 
Ft.     in. 
..     3 
6 
8 
Coal 
Coal ' 
5 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Total  coal 
G 
2 
Total  coal 
...    1 
10 
in. 
5 
1 
1 
5 
2 
1 
2 
6 
2 
1 
4 
2 
4 
18. 
Ft. 
...     2 
1     1 
NW.  \  NE.  \  SEC. 
Sandstone. 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
NW.  i  SE.  |  SEC.  12.'. 
Sandstone,  shah. 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Total  coal 
NW.  j  SW.  \  SEC.  23. 
Shale,  sandy. 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal,  somewhat  dirty 
Shale. 
Total  coal . . 
Ft.    in. 
10 
9 
6 
Coal 
Shale 
...     2 
2 
6 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale 
Coal 
Shale. 
..     1  10 
Ft.     in. 
4 
1 
9 
Total  coal 
1 
8 
Hn 
1     1 
Section  of  Lara  mi  < 
Sandstone. 
Shale 
(?) 
coal  bc6 
SW.  J  sec.  12,  T.  55  N.,  R.  97  W. 
Ft. 
...     4 
in-. 
Coal 
4 
Shale 
Coal 
6 
Shale. 
Total  coal 
Id 
GARLAND   COAL  FIELD. 
The  Garland  coal  Held  extends  from  Shoshone  River  near  the  town 
of  Garland,  Wyo.,  northward  to  the  Montana  line.  Coals  are  pres- 
ent in  the  Claggett,  Eagle,  Laramie,  and  Fori  Union  formations,  but 
only  those  in  the  Laramie  are  workable. 
Goal  in  Eagle  sandstone. — Coal  has  been  mined  by  farmers  for 
their  own  use  from  a  thin  bed  2  milesnorth  of  Byron,  Wyo. ,in  sec.  L5, 
T.56N.,  R.  07  W.  This  bed  is  in  the  Eagle  sandstone,  [ts  sec- 
tion is  as  follows: 
