Field Notebook: Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia 1902
Page 81
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In the afternoon began the following section east by Per Shun station. There is about him between this are the sections of quartziferous formations in line. At the base the beds are much jointed and fractured, there being Fracture here. Sawrock shale passing into the quartziferous limestone that at Middletons, The shun drifts less than 100 pds. Mr my frame has for about 230 gyants. Drifting through them that the actual change is earth in 30 percent. More scattered drimrock and crystal quartz in the limestone and crystal cavities with almost 70° Op.-94% About 55 yards across, quartz beds, of the There are pink. The charcoal beds are in for the fields beside the railroad to Then a few fragments of granite &c. This is a line of this Shun station. Chattanooga shale Homoral formation. This bed is fault. to distance there feet of strata, and probably about 100 yards in length. I think the drift are for other beds. I think the fault at the foot run in the province may be very large. Rocks not are here Elsewhere at these frequently occurring points with the limestone and favorable limited but form S.D. 17 yards, Pbl., the remainder fine about 80 ft. 45th gulf hills arctic forms about into the shale zone. Op. 180 ft. About 10 feet thick. The other forms into reddish clay beds, as the gulf hills double shale, and from white, thank S for 7) 330 yards across. to the fault. The 9th bed of the Richmond. At the lower end the clay is 35 ft 2) 12 minutes do not mean him but the activity of the quarryman 2) red beds but lower than Richmond, Homoral formation. ? Pit of Rockwood. Gray line, 87 yards. Clame del as above 89 yards. Growth from 17 yards, Standard 30 feet about ft. Standard shale beds reaching this place are slightly pointed being with on hill in yellow limestone, limited at all else, 70 yards. Other fields produce blue slate lime stone not very frequent at 41 Pl. late date a Pl. distance. 42 yards to form S. not distributed to found same 26 yards to found game (4) Nag's hole, Anthony- shale hills. The final zone is about 25 feet thick. Dark red sand of clay and the beds in general. The distance: 172 yards. Op.30 one side boundary.