Field Notebook: Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario 1907
Page 71
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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.