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The upper [illegible] consist
of a dark lamin rick, The
Coniferous is overlaid by
Black Shale.
124 cont.
10. Continued- layers of clint
2-3 inches thick intercal-
ulated.
at the locality here de-
scribed, there are 10 feet 6in.
of Clint or exposed.
About 11 feet are not exposed.
About 8 feet of this proba-
bly consisted of Lower Osgood
shale, and the remainder of
the grey crinoidal Conifer-
ous. About 15 inches of this
grey Coniferous are actually
exposed. 12 inches of dark
lamin Coniferous lie above.
Above this lies the Black
Shale.
13.
123
About two thirds of a mile
west of Raywick on the road
to Gleamings and Howard
town, just before reaching
Prather Creek, the top of the
Lower Silurian is exposed
at 840. This is overlaid
by 8 ft. 4 in. of Clinton,
and this in turn by Lower Os-
good clay.
122
840-
?
Less than half a mile
beyond Prather Creek, the
top of the Osgood Clay is seen
at 863. The thickness of the
Osgood beds is not known here
and therefore the level of
the top of the Lower Silurian
can not be definitely ascertained
but it is estimated at 840 or
less.
On the Osgood Clay rests
# 8 ft of grey crinoidal
Coniferous and 8 inches
of dark fine grained limestone.
Above this is Black Shale.
121.-
Nearly a mile beyond Pra-
ther Creek, the road to Glean-
ings turns off southward
and within two thirds of
a mile, elicits the north-
nern bank of Rolling Fork.
The top of the Lower Silu-
rion is here at 840, and
is formed by 1 foot of hard
rock overlying the Madis-
Son bed. The Clinton is
7 feet thick. Over it lies the
Osgood clay. See next section.