/Sep. 23-1902 Tuesday, Big Stone Gap, First examine the Big Stone Gap and begin where the L & N crosses the South Atlantic & Ohio River R.R. Here the Lee Conglomerate rests beds of sandstone, shale and impure coal is exposed in good masses. The strike is about E. x W. and the dip 30° N. Then follows the Pennington shale and Pennman limestone, In one place distinct tidal wave effects in the sand stone of the Lee conglomerate. The Pennington shale is a blue shale without hard beds. The following is the relation of the fossil beds. Dip about 45° N. [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]