Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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The road from the Mill follows nearly the eastern side of Rolling Fork to Ham gland Farm, 9 miles from New Haven. About 4 miles from New Haven, near Trace Creek the Black Shale rests in the Laurel limestone at 805. About a mile southward, where the road runs closely along Rolling Fork, a high drift east of the road shows the tip of the Cuyond shale at 810. The Laurel lime- stone is at least 20 feet thick. The Black Shale level is therefore about 830 here, and the dip is south- ward. A little over a mile north- east of New Haven just south of Day's Run, the base of the Black Shale is exposed at 835. The Black Shale rests in the Laurel limestone, and the base of the Laurel lime- stone is seen at 810. (New Haven to Balltown.)97 A little over 3 miles east of New Haven, south of Price's Creek, the base of the Black Shale is seen at 853. It overlies the Laurel lime- stone. North of Price's Creek, the base of the Black Shale is seen at 863. It overlies 2 ft. 8 inches of Coniferous. The upper 8 inches are dark brown. The lower 2 feet are a grey crinoidal limestone and contain good crinoids. The Laurel is found unnamed slightly beneath. A little over 2 1/2 miles north east of New Haven, a short distance beyond the junction of the New Haven with the Bethlem and road to Balltown, the base of the Black Shale is exposed at 930. No Coniferous was seen. The base of the Laurel limestone was seen at 922 quite a distance southward, the fault being northward. The thickness and thick