360         CONTRIBUTIONS   TO   ECONOMIC   GEOLOGY,   1907,   PART   II. 
The  upper  bed  in  the  above  section  is  the  one  being  mined  and  is 
reported  to  be  good  coal  for  steam  and  domestic  purposes.  The  out- 
put of  this  mine  goes  largely  to  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
Pagosa  Springs,  and  lumber  camps  in  adjacent  portions  of  the  State. 
Locality  No.  17:  Across  San  Juan  River  from  Montezuma  Moun- 
tain two  workable  coal  beds  are  exposed  above  the  basai  Laramie 
sandstone.  In  the  NE.  J  sec.  32,  T.  33  N.,  R.  2  W.,  the  following 
section  was  measured: 
Section  of  Laramie  coal  beds  in  sec.  32,  T.  33  N.,  R.  2  W.  {No.  17). 
Ft.     in. 
Shale,  sandy 25 
Coal,  bony 1      8 
Shale. 1 
Coal 5      4 
Shale 7 
Coal 3 
Shale 1 
Sandstone,  massive,  base  of  Laramie 90 
134 
Locality  No.  18:  In  the  southern  part  of  sec.  2,  T.  32  N.,  R.  2  W., 
the  lowest  Laramie  coal  bed  was  mined  several  years  ago  at  what 
was  known  as  the  Archuleta  mine.  A  drift  which  was  run  in  on  the 
bed,  trending  S.  50°  W.  at  a  very  slight  dip,  is  now  filled  by  debris. 
Schradera  reports  the  coal  to  be  of  good  quality  and  11  feet  thick, 
with  two  thin  partings.     Shale  occurs  above  and  below  the  coal  bed. 
MONERO   COAL   DISTRICT. 
The  outcrop  of  the  Laramie  formation  striking  east  of  south  across 
the  Jicarilla  Apache  Indian  reservation  from  Dulce  is  apparently 
barren  of  workable  coal  beds.  The  Mesaverde,  however,  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Monero,  N.  Mex.,  contains  three  workable  beds  of  excellent 
quality.  Monero  is  located  on  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road, in  the  SE.  \  sec.  7,  T.  31  N.,  R.  1  E.  Three  companies  are 
operating  mines  near  this  place — the  Monero  Coal  Company,  the 
Rio  Arriba  Coal  Company,  and  the  George  W.  Kutz  Company. 
Most  of  the  coal  is  sold  to  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  but  a 
small  portion  goes  to  the  San  Luis  Valley  and  some  to  Santa  Fe, 
N.  Mex.  The  total  output  for  the  year  1906  was  43,000  tons,  valued 
at  $69,500. 
a  Op.  eit.,  p.  247. 
