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"Sep. 16 Monday.
Spent the morning in 2 small quarries
about one mile east of Whelocks farm. Both
are in the upper Limestone, exposing about
25 to 30 feet. The lower and upper beds of
these quarries are thin and even bedded
while in the center there is a heavy bedded
dolomite with gastropods. Most of the O.
Ganymede and Lepidilitas occur in the
lower beds, T. gypaeanites is very rare
here. The Marlin is in may exceed 40 to 50 feet.
About 10 to 20 feet of Ceymans are
shown in the top of the hill. Have some fossils.
In the afternoon walked to a large quarry
at Laystre about 3/2 mile east of Whelocks farm. The
formation is the same as the little quarry on
Jerusalem Hill in which we dug for Ammonites.
After looking around a little we
dug and found indications of crinoids and I
then found a fine Marisacrumma. We also
found another new crinoid of which I
saw two and Beecher at a mine. The