Field notes, eastern Kentucky, 1902
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15) West of Jeffersonville. Coniferous, 14 inches thick. The clayey rock near base of black shale section is seen farther up the road, 29 ft from face of Clint to Clinton in bed of creek. The red sandy massive layer is a foot or two feet above bed of creek. 12 feet above the creek is larger with large crinoid beads on ledge by sandy rock. This crinoidal layer is 17 feet below the base of Coniferous which corresponds with section 14. I may next from creek up to 39 ft from face of Clint, to bottom of creek. Averaging the two sections it is 33 ft. from face of creek to the base of Clinton. Since the east exposure is nearest the creek, it About 3 feet of Conif. partly exposed. 16) E side of Branch Creek Ed Comar. About 26 feet from base of Clint comes to what seems to be the base of the Clinton. Crinoid fossils exposed. 17) A little over 2 mi. SE of Mt Sterling. Blue clayey limestone, looks like a small lagoon. The cliff fossil. The 2 mile sink is exposed between here and Mt Sterling several times. 16) Continued. Clinton. Massive rock at base less than 5 feet thick. Not measured. 18) East of Slate Creek E of Spencer. Confirms. Massive layer at face 3 ft thick. Unknown = 14 inches 5 ft. full of clams. The lower massive bed is also short. 56 feet from base of Div to base of Clinton. Blue lagoon exposed just west of the Slate Creek Bridge. 19) West of State creek bridge Ed Spencer. Cardovician blue clay. 3 ft 10 in more than felded limestone. 19 in, blue clay 8 in, massive layer. 16 in, massive layer 3 ft thin limestone with the clay parting 8 in an abrasive bed 20 in thin felded limestone