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the Beccuff are one continuous series and there is no
except from the slates.
considered difference in lithic appearance between them.
The thickness by stepping is 84 yards with a dip to the
north of 30° This makes the thickness 100 feet.
[675] The Over-Scotland fossils collected are from the base as
has determined. S. macroplema, D. pulamellus,
Strigtilasma rectum etc.
The section is continued deeper with other thin
bedded limestone but the series not well exposed.
These strata are all on the down side of the
anticline i.e. to the south. To the east the strata are
in long rolls and about 1/2 mile east of Cherry Run
the Marcellus appears at the surface for a
considerable distance. Up to Back Run then
the Hamilton appears.
In a cut on the side of the K North Mountain
the Hamilton series in a larncel as films.
West
East
Concretions of 10 or 20.
3 feet seen
Thin and regular halber zone
Tripidofelus calipatus
and fern fronds.
Ophicula tenuis
Max calcareous beds with many fossils.
41 feet.
20 feet seen.
The limestone has in abundance Chmites optalis
C. coronata
C. scitola, Spirifer micrometa, Textaculites, Alor
Spirifer granulifera.