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2nd of John Currans house, the
Total thickness becomes 47
feet. This of course is on the
supposition that the rocks
do not dip. A not very safe
assumption.
A bituminous shale at the spring
with traces of fossils is 4 feet
8 in its thick
According to the hand level
8-10 feet of limestone inter-
vene between this shale
and the similar shale ex-
pored in the next railroad
cut going south westward.
The upper shale exposure
is only 2 feet 8 in deep thick.
These two shales or at least
the lower shale, are assumed
to be the equivalent of the Wal-
drum shale of southern India-
nana exposures. Only 2-3
feet of the overlying Sand-
ston limestone we are well
exposed in the railroad
cut. Nothing characteristc
of this formation was found.
Beneath this Clinton south
of the RR cut at Wheeler's
bridge, the Wladium beds
are exposed. The total exposure
seen amounts to 8 feet. The
first fossils, Orthus limata,
Orthus occulentalis, and Fan-
er Silurian byaza, occur
13\frac{1}{2} feet large down in
21\frac{1}{2} feet below the Clinton.
The Wladium shale has the
typical drum area cone
appearance. A part of it is
in garris and a part is slaty,
but no regular banding
was seen.