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October 23, Thursday, Ardmore.
At 7.30 it was still dark and very threatening.
By 8.30 it seemed to be clearing and by ten in was
a bright day.
Started at 8.30 first south to a place one mile
south of Ardmore to see a Frasulina li, beside the
road and a quarries. The li is 20 feet thick and
is 15,000 feet above the base of the Pennsylvanian (=
Osmanella), or 3000 feet beneath the top of the same
series. In places the li is earthy and where the Fraslinian
occurs is a fine li. But few other species occur. See
the small list. Crinoidal matter is common.
He then went to the D.P.Y Lee 12, T.O.S. R.IE
or one mile east and four miles south of Ardmore. Here
about six wide thick
occurs a living sandstone standing on edge, and of
a white color. It is replete with specific gravel,
crystalline and some other species. See the list collected.
The whole sandstone zone is 6 feet thick. This zone is
about 13,000 feet beneath the top or 10,000 beneath the
Frasulian zone previously described. In another locality
hereabouts the zone is a limestone, and in still another
place it is a limestone conglomerate. This fossil is the
best guide as far seen. Keyes calls it D. condr.
or S. tornensis.