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14.
Along a road which
runs the Rutl-front, 3
miles NE of McKinney,
the Black Shale rests on
the Coniferous at 1210.
The Coniferous is dark
drum brecciated, quite
thick, and rest on the
Madison. The strike is
N 25 E. The dip, 20° S.
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at the road corners
at the foot of the Knobs,
in a direct line 2 mile
east of Progressville, the
Black Shale rests on the
Coniferous at 1128. The
Coniferous is dark brown
brecciated, 2½ - 3 ft thick.
It rests directly on the Mad-
is m. Strike N 40 E. Dip S.
-
at the face of the Black
Shale the dip is South-
ward. 1
N. of a road corner, 2 miles
NE of loc. 15, and 2 miles
south west of Stanford.
Second Trip.
Until 1000. RR track stood
1030...
On the road leading south
from Stanford, 3 miles from
town, is Neal's Creek Church.
A short distance eastward
upon the creek the Black
Shale rests on the Clinton at
1025. The Clinton is 8 ft 6 in.
thick. In the stream bed
it has a whitish or gray,
rather massive although
occurring in layers, and is
sparingly crystalline in some
layers. At the base of the
Clinton, at the bottom of the
lowest layer includes
numerous rounded piece
plastic hack pebbles, usually
by from ½ to ¾ inch in
size, a few only equaling
1 inch in diameter. The
Clinton rests on the clay,
blue Madison. The fossils
found are found in the Clinton:
Arthris flabella, Cramm.
Arthris elegans la
Strichimma patenta.
Rachydietya triplicata.
Cyathiphyllum calycula.
Flavostella Niagaraensis Ward
Halysites catenulatus
The fossils are found here,