Field Notebook: MD 1945a
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III. S Bowman Bros. stripping in Upper Kittanning coal. (Operating-begun spring 1948) 112. Coal blossom in road gutters. Underlain downhill to N by varieties of claystone; uppermost appears to have been dark gray. Fragmental flint & flinty claystone found in float below the gray claystone. Bluish soft clay near base of slope may be in part surficial. Seep to W. of road at foot of slope. Above blossom S.S. comes in. Compare with section at 113. 113. Ditchcrop of weathered gray-white plastic clay which is underlain by claystone, silty claystone and fragmental flint and claystone. S.S. comes in on top of rise to W. Seep to E. of road at foot of slope. Good setup for soft clay here. Could probably be stripped if of good grade. Both this & 112 probably Bolivar with U.F. missing in 113 & L.F. basal seep in both.