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Clermont.
Photo 1 Walsdr.
2 Walsdr + Lane.
3 Walsdr.
45 ft Lorriville
33 ft above base occur Pectum oblongus.
A species of Holoptychites with club
like form and grooved top was col-
lected at each end of quarries, one
mi. E of station.
9 ft Walsdr shale, with Atrypa retic-
ularis. 1 face = 12 ft above RR track.
6 in. oolitic. In places 12 in. thick.
Laurel limestone.
Upon 20 ft quarried.
Quarries extend about 1 mi. from
Clermont E to Hoffs station.
18 ft below top occur Calymene
Waigeneri, crenm., and
Orthoceras angens but larger,
No longitudinal striations as in
O. annulatum.
Laurel rock used for
1. 14th St bridge. Louisville except 2 pieces
Indiana side which came from Utica
2. Crescent Hill Reservoir.
3. Most equal walls at Louisville.
Locks made from Bedford rock.
4. Near all L + N bridge work in Ky.
5. Curling in Louisville. Good deal.
6. Baptist church. Bardstown.
Quarried April in 1862.
Belong to L + N. R.R.
43
44
Just south of school & church at 14
mile post from Bardstown on
Mt Washington road.
Columnaria halli on road side.
Farther down hill side on WJ
road is whitish limestone
with Gyra Silurica Orthus occi-
dentalis + Orthus lafnata
45
An eighth of a mi. S of 44, just S of
Steve Loyds house. Columnaria
halli abundant on road side = highest
point between Salt River & High Grave.
46
Road angle at Same Wells house =
11 1/2 mi. N of Bardstown.
Columnaria halli: Road remains
at about same level for long dis-
tance S.
47
Mrs. Ber. Abell, 8 1/2 mi. N of Bards
town. Thin bedded Lime Silurian
a considerable distance below
the Clinton. In fact very far below.
If any Clinton occurs N of Bards
town it is believed to occur not
further North than 3 miles of town
No exposures of Clinton occur any
where near the pike.