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Pearisburg, Friday, Sept. 19 - 1902
The village is 1/2 miles away from the railroad and river. Coming down the road to the station one sees much dark blue limestone rock by gray and alternate
Just N of the station is a fine exposure of the light
gray arenaceous limestone dipping about 35 deg S. The beds
as a rule are from 3 to 12 inches thick and very near and
then a thin (2 to 6 in.) shale zone. Mile post C, 375 stands
in this exposure and is N of the station about 1/4 mile. The
rocks do all show much beyond the post.
Getting around mile post C, 375 which is at the station
called Rheumote. Near mile post C, 374 is again shown
the same rocks. Apparently the same about Hannas are
station
on the banks of Wolf Creek. Mile post C, 373 stands just a
little N of Wolf Creek bridge.
In the Hannas and about 1000 feet E of mile post
C 372 was observed the following section,