Field notes, eastern Kentucky, 1902
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East side of Quick's Run. Quick's Run Blacksmith Shop 2 mi. up from Rome. A. 17 ft thin Redded, dark the dark many seams weathering is a sort of dark fine shale. B. Overlying it is more solid limer stone irregularly bedded 14 feet C Over this the limest one is more sandy in appearance = 40 feet to top of exposures. In A + B, small min'd beds and stems are associated with very small narrow stems ---- lay jointed, There is a spring below the level of the road at slope. West of Quick's Run the relation between this rock and The Black Shale may be determined. About 1/2 mi. up river from Rome 24 feet of the massive rock are exposed. At the top it looks successed but does not clearly resemble the Perm- nian. It is overland by the Black shale series in the lower party while are several feet of greenish shiny clay. At angle of hill S W of Carr's Sta. 27. On west side of Road. Black shale, at least 30 feet seen, Sandy limestone 75 ft. measured, lagged whitish clay 100 ft. base not seen. Just E up river from Concord Ky, Artus [illegible] = B and am type. Artus [illegible]. 2 pl. at mos. Leptaena rhomboidalis, Streptelasma calycula the little disagreement well shown. found in loose pieces over Ordovician. This is the first exposure of Carbon crew along the RR going W from Vincenlng. Sat. night. Enyingville. Sunday m. Salt lick. Monday. Flemingsburg. Tuesday. Manchester Wednesday. Mayenville. Thursday. Flemingsburg Friday. Concord. Saturday. Mayenville Sunday. Mayville Monday.