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Barren River section.
Glasgow to Scottsville road,
1/2 mile E of bridge across Barren R.
Top section in J F Harts land.
43 ft loose chert fragments in soil
along hill top, with fossils,
including spirifers. But it is
not certain for certainty within
this belongs to the Harrodsburg
limestone, at least no Rhynch-
orrella dulin was found.
42 ft, shaly argillaceous rock, with
few stelloids and crinoid
beads near top. This is the upper
part of the Keokuk formation
and resembles it closely.
30 ft thin shaly argillaceous lime-
stone. This is evidently merely
the calcareous phase of the
upper Keokuke, if it is the
representative of the New-
Orleans clay series I do
not have the proof. This
part of the section is best
exposed 1/2 mile east of the
Bridge, at the Big Bluff on
George McKimery land,
although it was exposed also
in the W met on farm.
6 ft cheesy white limestone, ex-
poded on both farms, best
at the big Bluff. At some
localities its lower part of
the vulgury section is less solid
clearly this pure solid lime-
tone section appear 11/2 thick.
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55 ft Black Chattanooga slate,
thin fissile on G W McKimery
farm at big bluff.
8 ft. Devonian limest are, blue
gray and the dark, with pieces
of fossils except one layer
about 2 ft from the top which
containing crinoid stems;
Nothing else recognizable.
This layer is solid to lime-
at me.
Only seen in George McKimery
farm.
Hurst farm.
Stock
farm
Black slate
Big Bluff on
Farm.
Black slate
Woods cutting
Gate Gate
Bridge