Field Notebook: Maryland, Washington, DC, West Virginia. 1908, 1913
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I can see no evidence [for] calling those [purposes], li. all of the Creysmans' Why it should be broken from the Ryan is one of Ricks imagination. When I saw with him he saw some residual clay between the upper most Reagan and this or called Creysmans and thus he interpreted as an old re- sidual (Rurmic) clay. This residual is today. a muddy limestone The top of the Reagan is here again, well sun cracked, The Creysman is hard blue limestone in head beds. if any In this first cut the New England shows little effect but a receptive panel left blue limestone that during weathering goes on into slat. This shale has no living hard beds. [DBB = Devil's Backbone - ridge on W side of Wills Mt4 + E of Wills Creek] C. Nace ..5 km NE of Kreigbaum