Field notes, Indiana and Kentucky, 1910
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117. Fossils horizon from creek level up 5 feet. This is bounded by a shale section, horizon unknown. Southward, up the hill, is strong tilled rock dipping S to E, 118 Road corner. 10 ft S natural 5 ft. Ruddy fossiliferous plat ponderum. I am limited now with Plat. ponderum. Inner side drove cleaned, below indicates that the underlying fomy rock is not Antrim. 119. Top of hill 22 ft Natural Base exposed next Antrim (Thelater is about 5 ft thick and is overlaid by shale) Plenty of Corynille my. I have called D. beneath and on the hill. The lower part, at the creek, is shaly, for a considerable section. One Ruddy bed evidently does not reach this far west. Shale. Rather exposed 10 ft next Antrim. First exposed 50 ft Corynille. 22 ft shaly < Creek end 10 ft shaly. Beneath? I seen. 120. chest nodules and quartz jiddle. given along road sides. Presently they are found older in the rock. Did not take time to look this matter up. 121. Orthorynchula horizon, 122. Orthorynchula horizon, N of home, south of clay pate due at my road, 123. 74 ft Not exposed to top of hill 1070 ft 25 ft shale sand. Date layer <900 about 3 richly fossiliferous. 18 ½ ft massive rock. Orthorynchula. <884 u365 124. S.W. Spoonmoore's farm land, west of store at Hubble (981 corner) About 16 ft below level of church. Der christ is large quantity to follow. The Plough ditch. Gradually in place. The exposures are west of 2nd Church N of 981 road corners, and SW of a house about ½ mile W road,