Lincoln County. Hotel 1000 236 236 5 being from Stanford about 3 1/4 miles NW on the Danville road, the Black Shale makes its appearance near the top of a hill. Thence it dips with wards and is exposed resting on the Corniferous at 1140-962, in front of Mr. Christman's house west of the road. Southeast of the house is a little streak running NW through a corn field. This shows the Devonian to be at least 6 ft thick. It is dark brown & brecciated, excepting a little at the bottom. The Corniferous rests on the Madison, but the Madison has a few fossils in one layer. Artio occidentalis and Gaster bignata. North of a break into which the streak projects the Lower Silurian is very insignificant to the top of a glute hillside. There is evidently a deep synclinal or possibly a fault here. There is no doubt about a little shearing. The Devonian brecciated & contains calico masses. 139 235 4 At Buffalo Spring about a mile east of Stanford in the Danville road, the Black Shale rests on the Corniferous at 10-28. The Corniferous is very distinctly brecciated in appearance, and deep blue color where fresh, otherwise dark brown. It is at least 5-7 ft thick. No clepe contact to 200 but it overlies only a short distance the Madison beds. The dip is strongly north at the spring but along the road southward dips severally. This suggests a deep synclinal. There is evidently shearing, 231- Just NE of McKinney's on the road to Stanford, the Black Shale dips at a high angle 20th ward, it soon becomes more nearly level or going southward. 5-230 In the RR cut at the south end of Mc Kinney's The Black Shale rests on the Corniferous at 1080. The dark brown