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Arthur M. Miller. July 29, 1901.
Estill Springs, Splendid exposures of whole series from
Clinton to Black shale in
immediate vicinity of Spring,
and extending up Station
Camp Creek to south of
Kentucky River.
Hand level section on road
leading up White Oak Creek
from the forks of the road at
the branch. (See Beattyville
Topographic Sheet, U.S.G.S.)
655 feet above tide to 780 feet.
a little farther down stream
a few layers containing Cycloneria bilix(?) are
considered Upper Cincinnati.
=1 mile North of Irvine & then up creek.
Black shale
18 ft. Massive cherty Cornij. lined
58 ft Whitish shale with celeste
crystals, Osgrod. With this
limestone plates at 32, 25
and 22 feet above base, ac-
cording to drawing. Exact
elevation must not be taken
too exactly from this since it
was on a scale of 1 space for
5 feet. Bryozoa layers
occur & to 10 feet above base,
3 feet layer with prominent
radiate structures - crinofort
like, 1 foot thick, above 2 ft
layer, persistent, & reddish
limestone.
24 feet of whitish shale, Osgrod,
with thin reddish limestone
containing ? algaeite + Ferro-
sites, 22 feet above base. Red-
ddish limestone interbedded
with whitish shale occurs
in lower 8 feet.
22 ft. Covered,
{?} Reddish magnesian lime-
stone with chert & button
= Clinton.