Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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5 ft 6 in. above the base De- tradiun is found. The Ma- dirium rocks seem up to 26 1/2 feet above the level of the fork. The top of the Madirium here is, cut 878. [illegible] West of Calvary cemetery, along a small stream, the top of the Lower Silurian is seen at 870. The Cornifer- ans is 8 ft 4 in thick. It is overlaid by the Black shale and rests directly on the Madirium beds. east of 144 a) In a stream bed north of the distillery west of the RR only Black shale occurs even in the stream bed. The bottom is at 870. The syn- clineal may be at this place. Inclined moderately north- ward. 146) At the RR cut half a mile north of Rolling Fork, where a creek crosses the track, the top of the Lower Silurian is at 870. Coniferous thick, Black Shale and we. 121 147 Two miles north of Rolling Fork is a valley formed by a stream. Half way between the road and Cloydo Creek the base of the Black Shale is seen at 902. The Conifer- seems to thick. The Lower Silurian is not seen. 148 On Cloydo creek near the mouth of this stream only Black Shale is seen, but further down stream the top of the Coniferous is seen at 885. 149) S dry from Calvary Church about a mile westward, an exposure is seen east of a considerable stream. The circular Coniferous measures 3 ft 4 in and rests on the Madirium. The Black Shale rests on the Coniferous at 880. 141 South west of New Market where the road turns off to the Mill, the Black Shale, Subcarboniferous junction is at 857.