On this dive I blazed past Titanic depth at 12,000 ft and was only a third of the way down, and the numbers keep going up and up and up on the depth gauge. You just kind of look at them with a sense of disbelief, and you wonder if the bottom is ever going to be there..
Ocala Chert. Ocala Chert (also known as Coastal Plain Chert), is a beige to cream-colored rock that occurs as float across much of southeastern Alabama (e.g., Houston and Henry Counties). It was the lithic material of choice for people living in southeast Alabama for the manufacture of chipped-stone tools such as spear points and knives.
As regards its soil, Alabama may be divided into four regions. Extending from the Gulf northward for about 150 miles (240 km) is the outer belt of the Coastal Plain, also called the Timber Belt, whose soil is sandy and poor, but responds well to fertilization.