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152 About 2 miles Northeast of Seb-
(105) an in the Brad fordville
LS road, the head waters of a nor-
them branch of Cany Creek cross
the road. North east of the road
is Mr. Drye's farm. On the hill
side west of the fence are sever-
al exposures. The Black slate
is present.
Below the slate are 9 ft 4 in. of
Devonian rock. The upper part
of the Devonian has a dark
brown color. This color is due
to weathering, and the breccia-
ted appearance is due to the frag-
ments of fossils present. Good
fossils are weathered out
Cincinnati group fossils, both
loose and in thin limestone,
are common about 7 to 8 feet
below the Devonian. A blue
clay layer with nodular mas-
ses of limestone, is found 1 a 1/2
feet above the cithly fossiliferous
part.
The interval between this blue
clay and the Devonian is occu-
pied by brown clay shales only
a small part of the Madison
section remaining. Pre-Devonian
erosion is the probable cause.
153 About 3 miles Southeast of
(989) Sebastian where the branch just
mentioned enters Cany Creek
West of the road corners is the
farm house of Geo. Raley. The
black slate is seen between the
house and the old mill.
The Coniferous is 11 1/2 feet thick.
The upper 2 1/2 feet consist of
the dark brown brecciated layer.
The part immediately beneath
contains some chert than the
middle and lower parts of the De-
vonian section.
Lower Silurian fossils, both
loose and in thin limestones,
are seen in situ, very abundant,
1 foot below the Devonian. They
restably directly underly the
Devonian 1 foot not ledgy ex-
pured. Columnaferia celtica
was occured 1 foot below the De-
vonian.
At second visit it was seen
that 7 ft 8 in of limestone,
full of fossils, lay over the
thin bedded Madison sand
under the Coniferous.