COAL  BETWEEN  DURANGO,   COLO.,  AND  MONERO,   N.   MEX.       355 
locality  No.  1.     The  following  section  was  measured  by  Mr.  TafT  at 
the  exposure  just  mentioned: 
Section  of  Mesaverde  coal  bed  in  sec.  18,  T.  35  N,  R.  8  W.  {No.  2). 
Ft.     in. 
Sandstone,  massive 35 
Shale 6 
Coal 4 
Shale 6 
Coal 1     10 
Shale,  sandy 4 
Coal 9 
Total  coal  bed 3      9 
Locality  No.  3:  In  the  SE.  \  sec.  7,  T.  35  N.,  R.  8  W.,  one  of  the 
Mesaverde  coal  beds  has  been  opened  at  what  was  formerly  known 
as  the  Perkins  &  Rookwood  mine.  On  account  of  water,  a  section  of 
the  coal  bed  could  not  be  procured  in  the  abandoned  slope,  but  Mr. 
TafT  gives  the  following  section  of  another  bed  80  feet  or  more  strati- 
graphically  above  it: 
Section  of  Mesaverde  coal  bed  in  sec.  7,  T. ,35  N,  R.  8  W.  (No.  3). 
Ft.  in. 
Coal 4 
Shale 1  6 
Coal 1  G 
Shale,  carbonaceous 4 
Coal 1  3 
Shale  and  sandstone 80 
Covered. 
Totalcoalbed 4     11 
Locality  No.  4:  In  the  southeastern  part  of  sec.  8,  T.  35  N.,  R.  8  W., 
one  of  the  Mesaverde  coal  beds  has  been  exposed  by  a  drift  25  feet 
in  length.  No  coal  is  at  present  being  mined  at  this  point.  Mr.  TafT 
gives  the  following  section  taken  at  the  face  of  the  drift : 
Section  of  Mesaverde  coal  bed  in  sec.  8,  T.  35  N,  R.  8  W.  (No.  4)- 
Sandstone.  Ft.    in. 
Shale '. 6 
Coal '. 2      9 
Shale 3 
Coal 3 
Coal,  bony 1 
Coal 2      8 
Shale. 
Total  coal  bed 6 
