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In the stream bed south of
the hill, and along the north
western lens of the hill the
densely fossiliferous Cincin-
nati &mp shaly limestones
(Pulham beds) are well exposed.
Thickness probably 30 feet.
The Columnaria bed and
the Madison beds were not
present.
A small thickness of thin
arenaceous shaly limestone,
evenly bedded, is exposed, north
east of the hill, east of the
stream. Its geological loci-
gic is unknown but I am
inclined to regard it as
the beginning of the following
period. Thickness possibly 6ft.
About 100 feet south of the
Last Cincinnati Group by-
passes on the west side of
the hill and also at a point
near the fence, east of the creek
near the house, are exposures
of a brownish arenaceous
limestone rock which contains
numerous small fragments
of fossil shells. A well preserved
valve of Orthus bifurcatus with
about 5 articulations in the me-
dian fold was seen in the
same west of the hill, and
a less perfect fragment of
the same shell was seen
east of the creek. At both ex-
pasures, fish remains occur.
This suggests erosion of
rock down to Richmond
beds previous to deposition
of presumably Devonian
rocks. Thickness 13 in.
Not continuous exposure
of similar rocks, west of
hill - 9 feet.
Along the south west side of the
hill and also east of the
stream, a dark blue rock
forming massive even bedded
layers was once quarried.
It has a very archaeaus
appearance and very irreg-
ular crumpled folding
planes lined occasionally
with concentrically quartz
masses may through the ex-
posed surfaces of the rock
in the quarried faces