Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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265 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.