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Bene not seen, talus
Heavy, yellow [illegible] sandstone and small pebbles to a
conglomerate. About
10 feet.
Light sandstone and coaly shale and a thin coal
seam. Plants about ten feet from bottom
35.
Buff sandy shale
15.
Thin coal and dark shale
4.
White sandstone
6.
Creamy sandstone with thin interbedded streaks
of coal
50.
Strata dip 50 [illegible] 25 north
In the afternoon returned to the second ravine
and of the glacial moraine where are collected, late activity
afternoon. Our best plants are from this place. The
section is as follows, estimated:
Concealed
40 feet.
Twenty feet of sandstone and coaly shale are seen at
base to the rest of the ravine along the beach.
Lands and conglomerate and dark coaly shale
and thin coals, top few feet.
20 feet.
Then follows a series of the same kind with
groups of coal streaks with often 2 feet.
70
Loose sandstone
30
Sandstone with coaly streaks
70