Field Notebook: Maryland, New York 1899, 1900, 1901, 1904
Page 63
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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