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Mt. Pleasant.
On road leading through middle of
three north westward half a mile,
Waverly shale light blue, breaks up into
small pieces.
Kidney nodules, purple brown, dark,
with fossils. Found 120 feet above
level of hotel at Mt. Pleasant. Found
12 in. above level where brown conglomer-
itic sandstone is rather common. The
section therefore appears to be equivalent
to section 3 in the Cook Hollow.
The brown conglomeritic sandstone
probably did not exceed 15 inches in
thickness and may have been scarcely
1 foot thick.
Lower Silurian limestone with plenty
of fossils occurs 10 feet below the upper
brown conglomerate fragments in the
soil.
Columbia 1000
Pleasant Grove 1065
Campbellsville, 1050.
Lynville 1100
Dodene 1312.
Dodens Station. 1312
At station the trip of the
Lower Silurian occurs at 1353. The Black
shale occurs about 9 feet above the
Lower Silurian.
The Black shale appears to have a
thickness of 12-15 in close, and is inter-
ted about 8-10 feet above last ex-
posure of Lower Silurian.
The sandy phlyptic rock was seen
at no locality west of the station. It
is probable that the unexposed part
below the Black shale is clayey rock
belonging to the Lower Silurian.
Section probably same as Mt. Pleasant a preceding page.
NE of Lynville about 1/2 mile along
east side of RR track. A hill near top
shows Lower Sil., limestone at 1265,
Less than 10 ft. above are several in-
cases of Black Shale. Above this
are Waverly shale fragments with
many fossils.