Field Notebook: Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario 1907
Page 82
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soil disolve readily. In one place I saw them taking out the red earth to a depth of ten feet. When or cleaned the surface has a decidedly Balk Lanes effect. It is common to see the joints in this limestone greatly enlarged by dissolution and going down for 75 feet. In some cases even Cavernous. These conditions are not true for the upper thin bedded series. About 1/4 mile east we come upon red sandy shales of a continental type (very much like Greeley) then upon a shale series and then upon a high called series if this limestone interstratified with shales, these are Michigan Algonquin miller beds. Tort a photo of these last beds but it is raining. out of place. Insert next page here.