Field Notebook: MD 1945a
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29 On same side of road & just past #28. weathered outcrop shows carb shale flakes and in flat just to S there is a seep. 30 Outcrop area of quartzitic, locally conglomeratic ss. 31 Road crop of coal and red bed - presumably lower Bakers town and Meyersdale red. 32. Outcrop of lower Bakers town coal and underlying clay 33. The L. Bakerstown underclay well exposed in gulley. About 8' of this (Thomas) clay exposed. 6' from soil zone (roots etc.) to gulley base was sampled - #CB-5. The clay is good enough for mix with flint in refractories. A considerable area south of the recreation area road and between Pleasant valley dam and Swanton rd. must be underlain by this clay at shallow depths.