MARLS. The Station has received and analyzed the following samples of marls during the year: 3587. W. E. Philips, Battleboro. No. 1. 3608. C. M. Hawkins, Raleigh, a supposed greensand marl. 3658. Dr. H. O. Hyatt, Kinston. Shell marl with nodules. From a bed one to two feet thick, and one to one and a quarter miles in extent. The bed is south of Kinston and twelve miles from the region explored by the survey under General Lewis. 3696. T. H. Debnam, Winton, who writes that "the bed is one hundred yards from Winton, in Hertford county, on the lands of J. L. Anderson, one hundred yards from Chowan river. Bed is about eight feet below the surface, and is supposed to be very thick." 3742. Dr. J. S. Devane, Brinkland. From "the west bank of the Cape Fear river, forming part of the river bank. It forms a continuous bed from Wilmington to White Hall, a distance of sixty or more miles. It crops out at Waccamaw Lake (14 miles), and at Brinkland has been cut through in digging a well. The darker marl is from three to five feet, resting on the main bed, and is softer than the marl under it. Applied it several years ago to a piece of land very poor and destitute of vegetable matter. The crop (corn) grew off well, but when the weather got warm in June, it all turned yellow and died. This was corrected by the addition of vegetable matter. It contains, also, coprolites (No. 3943). In digging marl at Indian Wells, the surface is painted in streaks after each stroke of the pick, from broken coprolites. On clay soil one application of 600 to 1,000 pounds to the acre has never failed to increase the product from 300 to 500 fold!” &c. 3742. N. W. Powers, South Washington. Marl from Pender county, one mile from Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Rock is exposed along a branch for about one hundred feet, and where exposed the bed is about two feet thick. 3763. E. T. Branch, Enfield. From "Creek Farm," in Halifax county. one mile east of Enfield, where it is found in inexhaustible quantities. 3764. John S. Gregory, Halifax. From his farm on Roanoke river, adjoining town of Halifax. There is a long ridge, lying immediately on Roanoke river. 3767. L. J. Moore, New Bern. From bed on farm; in inexhaustible quantities. 3794. Dr. J. S. Devane, Brinkland. Upper formation. 3865. Dr. Matt. Moore, Warsaw. White marl, from a bed in Shakin creek, Pender county. 3882. T. Ivey, Ashpole, N. C. White shell, from J. E. Ashley's farm, one mile from Ashpole. “The bed is probably four feet thick, three feet below the surface, and underlies one acre. The bed lies above high-water, on the banks of a small swamp, and has a great variety of shells and some bones. The marl decomposes very rapidly." 3911. Sent by John Hinson, Chadbourn. Found on his land, two miles north of Grists, and two and one-half miles from Chadbourn, and on the edge of "Big Canady" branch, about half a mile from its confluence with Dunn" swamp. The blue marl is four feet below the surface and about two feet thick; then comes about a three-foot strata of shell marl. Bed is about half a mile long and fifty feet wide. 3926. Dr. T. D. Hogg, Raleigh. Blue marl from Castle Haynes. 3963. D. Bell, Avoca. Blue marl from Eden House, near mouth of Chowan river. Bed four feet thick and half-mile long. Below yellow marl (3964). 3964. From same. Same bed, except the marl is yellow and is above the blue marl (3963). 4033. John A. Jackson, Vanceboro, who writes that the "marl is from the land of Mrs. Sarah E. Satterthwaite, three miles from Vanceboro, and situated on Swift creek. It is from four to six feet below the surface, and has been dug to twelve feet in depth without reaching the bottom. It is known to extend up the creek for two miles and is supposed to extend further.” 4165. W. L. Hill, Warsaw. 4181. Sent by A. E. Harper, Kingsboro, who writes that "the marl is from the lands of Hon. W. R: Cox, known as Poke Island Farm, which is located two hundred yards from the Tar river, on the south side of it, and half a mile from the Rocky Mount and Tarboro road, and one and a half miles from Kingsboro P. O. The bed is known to extend about twenty-seven to thirty feet, is six feet thick, and four feet below the surface." 4203. H. Winstead, Toisnot. Three miles west of Toisnot, on Town Creek swamp, near country road lea ling from Tarboro to Raleigh. 4204. Colonel J. Y. Bryce, Charlotte. Craven county. From the farm of P. Fenneth, 4217. Joe M. Dixon, Johnson's Mills. White marl, from Jas. A. Stokes' land. 4219. Sent by Maj. R. S. Tucker, Raleigh, from his farm at Pactolus, Pitt county. Bed is two feet below the surface; thickness unknown. Is situated on Grindel creek, and is under the surface on the entire north side of the creek. Is one mile north of Pactolus Landing on Tar river. Bed is half a mile wide. 4220. Sent by same from his farm near Pactolus, Pitt county; is two and a half to four feet below the surface, on land known as the Robfield. It is found on the Tar river, where the high and low river lands meet, and has been found at different places, where excavations have been made, for half a mile up and down the river. 4221. Sent by same, from the farm of R. R. Fleming, on Tranter's creek, Pitt county, near the road leading from Pactolus to Washington, and is found in beds similar to the above beds of Maj. Tucker. 4222. C. H. Blocker, Tarboro, from Fishing creek, Edgecombe county, No. 1, soft, bed ten feet thick. 4223. Sent by same, from same bed, No. 2, with white shells. 4224. Sent by same, from same bed, No. 3, with lumps of bone. 4225. E. B. Hodges, Tarboro. White shell marl. 3587 White............ *3608 Greensand......... W. E. Philips, Battleborough....... 66.18 22.69 1.96 Colin M. Hawkins, Raleigh.......... 51.39 0.96 1.12 Lenoir.......... Dr. H. O. Hyatt, Kinston.............. 36.25 59.14 2.10 ........ Hertford T. H. Debnam, Winton........... White Shell....... Halifax...... Pender ........ N. W. Powers, South Washington. E. T. Branch, Enfield........... 3882 White Shell....... Robeson white Shells ...... Columbus...... John Hinson, Chadbourn........... 3911 Blue, with fine 54.83 38.62 4033 White................ Craven.......... John A. Jackson, Vanceboro 4181 4203 White.............. Duplin......... W. L. Hill, Warsaw.............. With Shells.. Wilson....... H. Winstead, Toisnot...... 4204 Yellow ............. Craven.......... Col. J. Y. Bryce, Charlotte. Joe M. Dixon, Johnson's Mills...... 35.71 Pitt........... Maj. R. S. Tucker, Raleigh......... 8.29 1 89.28 10.50 17.49 72.66 0.50 62.72 26.75 4.00 NOTE. The following limestones and limes have been analyzed: 4023. Limestone, from farm of Dr. L. II. Hill, near Germantown, Stokes county. 4215. Marble, from W. A. Lash, Walnut Cove. 3928. Gas lime, used in gas purifiers by Charlotte Gas Light Co. Sample sent by D. E. Linton, Superintendent. 3743. From J. S. Devane, Brinkland. Found in marl No. 3742. These are numerous in the marl at Indian Wells landing. 3753. Supposed phosphates from French Bros., Rocky Point, Pender county. A ledge, not a conglomerate, composed mostly of carbonate of lime 3766. Ground S. C. Rock, sent by W. D. Lathrop & Co., Elizabeth City. 3772. Dr. A. B. Nobles, Tarboro. A brown rock. 3773. Same. Grey rock. 3774. Same. White rock. 3775. N. C. Phosphate Co., Raleigh. Ground at company's works. 3795. T. Ivey, Ashpole. Ground at N. C. Phosphate Co.'s works, Raleigh. 3854. Dr. T. D. Hogg, Raleigh. Floats, prepared at N. C. Phosphate Co.'s works, Raleigh. 3930. From N. C. Phosphate Co., Raleigh. From Castle Haynes. These were loose nodules, said to come from underneath the conglomerate bed and form several feet in thickness. 4233. Dr. J. L. Nicholson, Richlands. From Barry plantation, a few miles east of Richlands. Bed supposed to underlie two or three hundred 66 3743 Coprolite.... Bladen county..J. S. Devane, Brinkland....... 43.63 8.35 ......... Edgecombe Co. Dr. A. B. Nobles, Tarboro...... 82.69 0.00 7.54, 3.45 3772 3773 3774 3775 3795 3854 3930 Nodules...... 4233 4234 4235 |