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"On Doro[illegible] lawn are ad [illegible] street
in Allegheny, Pa.
In a corner city. It saw a small coal seam
18" thick above which came an intense limestone and
Productus semicircularis. This one of a calcareous shale.
There is no transition here, for the [illegible] above the coal in the
Ames li. maybe had Ambroelia planicurvira and Chants.
gemulifera. The coal itself is stratified as if channelled but
it is so slight as to have no importance. These layers
depression
are more deeper than 2 1/2 inches and usually not more
an inch. Where the coal was formed the Ames li. is
or came in directly up on
continues in deposition on the coal.
Below the coal is the "structureless clay" followed by
above
the underlying clay varying from a few inches to 12 inches
which is stratified
dep.
From the underlying to the coal there is a gradual
transition to that coal are finally all fine coal of
stratified
18 inks thickness.
Dorrs Run section, Allegheny. Lee Ray-
mans published section. Here the lower micaceous
or Buffalo sandstone rests irregular on the middle
shale.
Upper Brush Creek. Then at one end of the
section there is about 10 feet of clay followed by
above the Buffalo sandstone
the Pine Creek Marine Limestone. This is
less than 2 feet thick.
onne I e co[illegible] then comes in another
sandstone here called "Cats Run" On the right