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Sep. 22, 1924
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Further of the Clachantin are collected a number
of Disusia festerata (comm), Hyolitha and some Aseur.
thops. The whole of the Clachantin here cannot be
by thick, probably at last not as much as 200 feet.
This here a micaceous dark greenish sandy slate
that breaks out in small lenticular pieces.
Above the basal 15 feet of "Milton" conglomerate fol-
lows one very bedded sandy grey dol. with an
abundance of some soft smeele piece of conglomerate,
similarity of the Clachantin. These weather out making
shata, about 20 feet thick, that [illegible] roll like rusty clay, but
it is all a conglomerate. On the road side one
sees a zone of this bedded white quartzite about
4 feet thick followed by intraformational flat kettle
conglomerate for 5 feet more. Then the rocks are
concealed. In a short distance after one comes
upon a fine erratic of St. Dronorlii granite.
From here to the Adamas Pasture fence can
make more than 1/8 mile [than at least 700 feet mine]
to the way to the
[illegible] Dragging cone conglomerate must be of Middle Cambrian slating
before limit are made in rapid survey of the
Adamas Pasture. Heretofre Keith held that the