Field notes, Cumberland River and Tennessee, 1899
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Section up the hill above the store, south of mouth (above mouth) of Wolf creek. Unknown. No river gravels seen. 8-1/2 ft. Chester sandstone. Kaskaskia thinbedded. 22 ft unknown. 3 ft limestone 8 ft. yellow 17 ft limestone, very crinoidal at top, 11 ft unknown 11 ft limestone. 11 ft unknown. art of it me? 11 ft limestone, upper layers with chert. 12 ft. shaly limestone 22 ft limestone. white, hard, with good chert layer 16-1/2 ft above base. 33 ft. of darker layered shale becoming lighter colored + more massive at 41-1/2 ft. crinoidal limestone, fine lam- ination section. Top layers with many small geodes 65 ft. Dark blue shale above. Unknown. 5 feet? limestone. Dr. J. Miller. 15 ft? Blackish shale. Dr. J. Miller. 7 ft massive limestone about 7 feet Continuation of section on preceding page, 39 ft. Waverly shale 22 ft. Black Shale above water edge, River. Probably 17 ft black shale below level of river. 11. View of river bottoms and cliffs. 12. Carpentier from hill above Wolf creek store. The first view was taken from a higher altitude. Cindy. Set 2. 1. Views of contact between thinbedded 2. Madison + Black Shale, with 2-3 inch 4. Layer of sandy rock between. Dr. J. Miller says this is the phosphate bed beneath the Black Shale, in Tennessee, No. 3 spilled. Shutter film. How this came to be so I do not know. Black shale down to river edge Tr within a short distance of Erskine Shoals giving down the river J Madison top is beneath the river beds.