http://books.google.com/books?id=7lXjWvKQKTsC&vid=OCLC01098268&dq=blount+alabama&jtp=1 This is a pdf file. Covers areas of Blount, Etowah & St. Clair Co. Geological Survey of Alabama Eugene Allen Smith, Ph. D., State Geologist Report on the Coal Measures of Blount Mountain with map, and sections by AM Gibson, Asst. State Geologist Montgomery, Alabama The Brown Printing Co., State Printers and Binders 1893