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which had enabled to interpolate the
Tripidilepis beds between the Stromatopore
and Aeevularia beds. The Aeevularia
and Tripidilepis beds are identical. This
30miles afternoon I will go down the lake to
examine the rail road cuts and the quarry
there.
In the afternoon walked down to
the quarry on the C.& G., M. R.R. about
three miles apart. The following is a
section of the quarry.
drift
Coral clays, blue.
3 ft.
Pale buff limestone
2 ft.
Black bituminous shale
with abundant Stromato-
porites 2" to 2 1/4"
Thin bedded, pale buff limestone, fracturing
irregular and conchoidal.
With Alveolus and Chrysopora abundant.
7 feet.
Soft heavy bedded limestone, weathering down
liberating shells mainly Pentamerus.
*......... Crinoid algae present.
1 4 feet.
Pale buff limestone, heavy bedded towards
bottom with fur finish. Stromatoporae
present.
15 feet.
Dark, compact Limestone in beds of about
12 in thickness with black shale partings.
9 feet.
Lake