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5\ ft, hard, argill., rock.
No prints by left thing, that look
like worm burrows, that branch
and twist through rock.
Internal large straight account
for all the Richmond necessary.
10\ft thin bedded argill., and shale,
may be from Richmond. No prints.
162 5\ ft massive cherty rock, black shale,
8\ft bedded Den. limestone--
7\1/2 ft chalky stuff
2\ft, dark colored cl.
2\ft, chalky stuff with Dracophora communis,
8\ft chalky stuff,
10\ft Planktoniferous Bryozones.
Septaenaria obliqua, dentata, D.
5\ft intercal.
chalk rock at top of Devonian
contains Phillips's notation,
The sandy rock above the Den.
limestone may be Devonian
also but this is uncertain. Not
any rate, it does not appear
to belong to the known
Richmond.
161. Septaenaria obliqua found 2\ft
163 Dr. colored limestone in creek
bed from 161 to 163,
164 D'er. clast,
35\ft. internal. Dracophora comm.
past, i am inclined to,
Septaenaria communis.
27\ft Internal chiefly dark colored limestone
of me. Some Dracophora at top.
13\ft dark colored cl.
27\ft creek bed
Section NE of opening. Up creek
- from the Hall school house about
40 miles,
The locality is on Smith Gossan
creek, about half way between Will
branch and the road to Aliceton
which starts off further down the
creek.
165 Rollings is about 2\mi up North
Fork from NNE withy Smith Gosse
Back: 5 yds due.
Devonian cl.
30\ft internal,
Septaenaria communis.
33\ft dark colored cl.
50\ft in. basal argill. rock,
creek level,
Up this Fork eastward, the lower
part of the preceding sections
well exposed. It is the lower
Grinnell chalked. Notice that
with the white layer is plainly on display