Field notes from Maine and New York, 1889
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1059 1059 C May 31. Barlin Stream X" border of very white S.S. = +6 or +8. The sections begin on Barlin Stream at the middle dam, where the stream runs for over a mile through sandstone slates. In C-5 stone is a 2" layer of very soft shale 4½ ft above C-6f In some place -12 is known in others gray & in others again almost white. -12 is shaly toward the bottom where in addition to the species it contains above it contains some others. 1059 C - 1 4 ft thick barren - 2 7 ft + fossils - 3 6"m fossils - 4 13+ft. barren - 5 5+ft barren - 6 1+ft likely very soft F - 7 9½ft barren - 8 135 ft barren - 9 7ft fossils few - 10 ½ ft slate - 11 2 ft barren - 12 40+ -12 1 ft fossils S.S. 6 ft barren S.S. 2 ft fossils SS 7 ft barren 24ft S.S. thin layers with fossils on surfaces.