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8. 1/4 mi. S. of pike through string-
town to Jake Maurin's, shift of Wood
Walkers, along road crossing a
stream and then continuing
2 northward up a steep hill.
Cornif. shell fragments. No exposure.
20 ft. Beyond thin fissile clay shale.
15 in. solid limestone layer - white.
4 ft soft blue clay.
13 in. limestone layers, various tints.
12 in. Claygy limestone.
12 in. white limestone - slate.
14 in. softer limestone. Layers.
12 in. Argilaceous limestone.
3 ft Clayey rock + soft Claygy limestone.
6 in. harder claygy rock.
6 in. soft rock
8 in. limestone.
6 in. softer stone.
22 in = limestone with large chert beds.
17 in. softer limestone.
9 ft 8 in. same tint as above no
cherty limestone.
To me at 2:30 E.J. Lamarista,
11 gate to W. side of road, 5/8 mile
273
Madison County. W. J. Lamar
Todd's farm on S. side of Overly
branch, Paint creek, 14 miles
E of creek.
Black shale.
13 ft. Dew.
5 ft clay.
6-9 in. red brown rock/which is-
milky white inside.
15 1/2 ft. clay.
14-9 in. two reddish brown stone, some
white at some place: some
layers of this stone,
= 3-10 inches of larger Whitfieldite.
76 ft - Bella = 1950.
On hill on W side of creek's head,
stratification calcareous on
E side with lime ellate.
Dew not measured here
About 12 ft. in western section.
30 The lower part of Dew is well
bedded + dark blue.
5 ft. middle part has chert nodules,
0-5 ft. upper part has decidedly bre-
ciated appearance. Varies
from 0-5 feet.