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Characteristic hilly topography of the Knox dolomite areas, crest of Red Mountain, composed of the Clinton formation in the distance, looking east from highway about 1 mile south Pinson. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 3 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
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Old quarry in Chickamauga limestone half a mile north of Gate City, and 5.5 miles northeast of center of Birmingham, west face of Red Mountain, looking northeast; limestone of Lowville (lower Black River) age above, and of Stones River (Chazyan) age below. Contact marked by rubbly argillaceous bed cropping out at left margin of quarry at roots of two small trees. Rubbly bed swells out to right into small coral reef in lower right hand corner believed to be of Black River age. Reef composed of a jumbled mass of large stromatocerium and Columnaria heads with which are mixed abundant smaller heads of Solenopora. Bryozora and brachipods are fairly abundant. Cryptopharmus antiquates Raymond or Beatricia Ulrich (common)...
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In Louisville and Nashville railroad cut in Lone Pine Gap, Red Mountain at Birmingham, looking east. Fort Payne chert (at right) Chattanooga shale (dark streak near middle) and probably Frog Mountain sandstone below, resting unconformably upon Clinton shale (at the extreme left). Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 7 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
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Dolomite quarry for flux, Thomas, looking north. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 12 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
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Red Gap at Gate City, looking eastward to Birmingham. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1906. Plate 4-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 400. 1910.
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Ferruginous sandstone and shale of the Clinton formation overlying the big seam of iron ore at Spaulding, looking east. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
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Shades Valley and Red Mountain looking northwest form crest of Shades Mountain near Oxmoor, Alabama. Birmingham District. Jefferson County, Alabama. No date.
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Birmingham, Alabama. Morton plant of Alpha Portland Cement Company from southwest. Jefferson County, Alabama. December 9, 1928.
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Birmingham, Alabama. Morton plant of Alpha Portland Cement Company from southeast. Jefferson County, Alabama. December 9, 1928.
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Shale with thin layers of chert in the Conasauga limestone, exposed on Twenty-Fourth St., Bessemer, looking south. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 1 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
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Red Mountain; seen from Chert ridge east of Grasselli, continuous open-cut workings or strippings, and location of ore-carrying railroad near Chickamauga-Clinton contact.
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Tipple and mouth of slope of Alice mine (slope No. 7, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company); plateau of the Warrior coalfield in distance, beyond Jones Valley. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1906. Plate 10-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 400. 1910.
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Quarry at Vanns, 2 miles north of Trussville and 16 miles northeast of Birmingham. Fort Payne chert at bottom, Warsaw limestone about 90 feet thick next above, at top of quarry is about 7 feet of oolitic and slight asphaltic limestone with Talarocrinus, of Gasper age. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1925.
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Shale, sandstone, and conglomerate parting between Big seam and Irondale seam of iron ore, Helen Bess mine, in northeast environs of Birmingham, looking northeast, slab with pebbles shown in Butts photo 1455. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1925. Plate 15 in U.S.Geological Survey. Folio 221. 1927.
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Upper workable part of Big Seam, in open-cut at Helen-Bess mine, shows jointing of ore bed. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1906. Plate 9-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 400. 1910.
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Ruffner No. 1 mine 1mile north of Irondale; Big seam of iron ore above and Irondale seam 20 feet below. Looking north. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Plate 6 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 175. 1910.
map background search result map search result map Ruffner No.1 mine. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Shale with thin layers of chert in the Conasauga limestone, exposed on Twenty-Fourth St., Bessemer, looking south. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Ferruginous sandstone and shale of the Clinton formation. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. In Louisville and Nashville railroad cut in Lone Pine Gap. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Characteristic hilly topography of the Knox dolomite areas. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Ruffner No.1 mine. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Shale with thin layers of chert in the Conasauga limestone, exposed on Twenty-Fourth St., Bessemer, looking south. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Ferruginous sandstone and shale of the Clinton formation. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. In Louisville and Nashville railroad cut in Lone Pine Gap. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910. Characteristic hilly topography of the Knox dolomite areas. Jefferson County, Alabama. 1910.