Tuesday, Aug. 8, '99. (1) Southeast of Lafayette, Macaul. Terr. ½ mile. In the gully that leads to the "Sulphur Spring" From hotel at Lafayette to top of section = 81 ft. 46 ft. greenish Wavyly, crinoidal claygy limestone, cherty, 13 ft. Black Shale. Above the base is shale crumbling like Wavyly B. Madison beds, heavy. B. About 1 foot at the face of the Black Shale is characteristic & fissile. About 1½ feet over this the shale is more arenaceous & crumbles like the Wavyly. See sections on the Crumpled Land. One trace of planulate arch. Lafayette is 488 ft above Hartsville " " 416.6 above Ballatin, Then Hartsville is 72 ft, " Ballatin, This Blackdale is 428 below Lafayette Elmerville .. 472 " " (2) Black Shale at Lafayette is 348 ft above Hartsville and 276 ft above Ballatin. 5 mi N town. Black shale in Madison Wednesday, Aug. 9, '99, (3) Gap of the Ridge, 6 mi. W. of Sa- fayette on grad to Westmore- land. Macauls. Terr., wavyly shale. 28 ft. Black Shale. at base is crinoidal material B Madison beds, massive The exposure occurs on the grad leading south down the gap. At the face of the Black Shale a silt in sandy material is found imbedged & interbedded with the Black Shale. This may be residual material from the Criniferous. See 2nd section legend. (4) Halman P. Weeks. 7 mi. W. of Lafayette. 130 ft below house is base of Black Sh. Wavyly, many layers = good kind limestone, Black Shale, Wavyly like just above / trace? 18 ft not upper 7 ft - Sandel ? exposed Siltu 11 ft - Osgrdd? B 11½ ft. Osgrrd clay exposed. 2½ ft. Clinton limestone A / Madison, Clinton with Favnites favanna, Cyclal. calyculum, Anthus elegantula. If the Osgrrd is 22 ft thick (See next section) there is room for 7 ft of Sandel limestone here, but this not exposed.