Field Notebook: MD 1945c
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K.M.Waage Photo AMO 12-53 1. Coal + clay crop. Black shale and coal seam underlain by soft clay with zone of flint clay and silty flint at base. 2. Lower Bakerstown MINE 3. Possible position of Harlem coal. A wet weather seep above the Pittsburgh redbeds. 4. Red + variegated clays of Pittsburgh 'red beds'. Well developed here. May be useful for redbrick locally. 5. Sandstone crop. Saltsburg sandstone 6. Coal crop. Lower Bakerstown coal shows overlying Friendville shales and underlying Thomas clay. Latter thinner than normal. 7. Coal blossom and clay crop. May be Brush Creek outcrop or wash from nearby. Many seeps locally. Du woods to NW. a heavy sandstone float comes in. Seeps at 11. may be same seam. 8. Massive sandstone crop. 9. attitude (N.37°E, 15°NW) on sandy shale + siltstones. Seep to west on bench may indicate coal seam but no direct evidence. 12-53