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Coal Measures and Coal Mining in Iowa, including paleontology and a discussion on the coal formation; also the methods of mining by Russell T. Hartman, 1898

Coal Measures and Coal Mining in Iowa by Russell T. Hartman, 1898, Page 55

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[page]54[/page] [underlined]Chaetetes milleporacens[/underlined] Plate V. figure 2. Troost, 1849, Manuscript. Corallum large, massive, approaching globular in form, made up of capilliform, closely arranged cells or corallites, which have a diameter of about one sixtieth of an inch. Under a magnifier the surface has very much the appearance of a honeycomb, the cells being irregularly hexagonal. A section, longitudinal with the corallites, shows diaphragms perpendicular to the axes of the corallites. Geol. Pos.-- Missouri stage, Coal Measures. Localities.-- Clinton, Missouri; Montgomery and Guthrie counties in Iowa. Ref.-- Geol. of Missouri, Vol. IV. page 123. [underlined][underlined]Fistuliporidae[/underlined][/underlined] Corals of the encrusting, massive, or branching forms, composed of
 
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