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Tobbles occur in the rock in the
stream bed at the first road
corner beyond Floyd's Fork. The
exact geological horizon is not
tknown but is probably Lower
Silurian, below the Clinton. The
largest pebble is 1 1/2 inches long.
The color of the pebbles is bright
blue
10 At the next road corner going
a little west of south is Flat
Rock Church. In the stream
west of the church the Clinton
is exposed. It is two feet thick,
and its color is reddish, which
resembles that at Sinclair's
farm.
Two feet lower down is the very
fine grained dark blue limestone
layer with gas stripped,
which blue is especially crowded
with by grains.
Further down the stream the
typical Madison rock is exposed.
11 Going from Flat Rock Church
2 miles westward and then
1/3 mile northward, the farm
of Levi Collins is reached. Here
the Clinton on the road side is
reddish varying to silicious
and is 2 feet thick.
8 Half a mile further north,
in a stream bed west of the road
in the Ike Collins farm, just south
west of Jim Ward's farm house,
the Salurian colored Clinton is
exposed. It is here 5 feet to
5 feet 4 inches thick. This re-
markable increase in the thickness
of the Clinton seems to be accom-
paƱied by a similar increase
in the thickness of the Lower
Osgood shale, judging from
exposures just south of the Jim
Ward house but my measure-
ments were made. Exposures
here are favorable for a section
including rocks up to the Sau-
nel formation. Frequent ex-
posures of Clinton occur on the
road returning to Pewee Valley.