CLAYS    OF    BIRMINGHAM    DISTRICT,  ALABAMA.  295 
A  project  is  on  foot  to  start  brick  works  near  Leeds,  on  the  South- 
ern Railway,  using  lower  Carboniferous  shale  from  the  SW.  \  SW.  \  sec. 
14,  T.  17  S.,  R.  IE.  The  composition  of  this  shale,  as  shown  by  analy- 
sis, is  such  as  to  make  it  suitable  for  brick. 
Not  only  at  the  points  described  above  are  the  shales  well  adapted 
to  brick  making,  but  also  at  many  other  points  on  the  same  or  other 
horizons  throughout  the  area.  It  appears,  therefore,  that  there  are 
unlimited  quantities  of  shale  in  this  district  from  which  high-grade 
paving  and  building  brick  can  be  made.  At  many  points  the  conditions 
as  regards  quarrying  the  shale,  cheap  fuel  supply,  and  transportation 
facilities  are  favorable  for  the  location  of  brick  works.  The  shale  brick 
made  in  this  region  find  an  active  market  throughout  the  Southern 
States. 
