Field Notebook: Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia 1902
Page 80
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Transcription
Immediately to the east is a high range of mountains showing at the tip extensive cliffs. This is probably the same conglomerate seen at Big Stone Cup and represents the base of the Upper Carbon. Between this ridge and the railroad lies the entire Lower Cambrian, Devonian, and Silurian seen. The ridge to the east has the Clinton and Lorraine. The rocks in the eastern cliff are seen to dip to the east. Back again to the iron mines it seems the rail road is on the apex of a Heldebyrian anticline and that it is about 1000 feet to the iron layer. In this distance then lies the shale and a portion of the Rockwood. The dip of the surface shale, is here slight and to the E. The sandstone toward the top of the shale is in heavy beds and appear to be in some separating shale. This upper member may be 25 or more feet thick. The Chattanooga is seen to rest upon it but a short distance away.