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at W.R. Greenwell's house, about 1/4 miles from Greenwells Ford.
Ordovician layer 2-3 inches thick.
Laurel.
34 Besgod limestone not well exposed feet to top of laurel from next 6 ft harden rock 6 1/2 feet indurated clay rock. 13-15 ft of softer Besgod clay. lower part not well exposed. Whole = Besgod clay section.
2 ft rotten limestone with traces of chert in lower part = called Clinton southward.
4 ft. Granular grained Clinton, chiefly blue, but a portion 6 in. from the top is salmon tinged in places. Contains Halysites, Orthus l'frnata and Orthus flabellites, at all levels in case of last two species.
End of section at Jess Ruby's house.
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Cedar creek 1/2 mi. beyond Ted Weller.
Besgod clay. lower part = 18 1/2 ft. beautifully banded with red purple and greenish brown.
Brasal Niagara not measured.
6 ft. Clinton, probably not the total section.
Chert 2 ft from top. Indurated clay above the Clinton. thickness unknown.
Exposed for 1/3 mi. in creek, along the road
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Weller's house. About 1 mi. N of skillet.
Coniferous. very white. No fossils.
about 20 ft. above the (Louisville?) Waldron shale.
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About 3 mi. from Shepherdsville, along the creek below Lick Skillet.
Weller's Run? Bulls Run at Mt. Washington Road.
Waldron shale
3 in. Ordovician rock.
Laurel. base not seen but thick section exposed along creek.
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One and a half mile from Shepherdsville on road to Cedar Grove Church.
Black shale
Crinoidal Coniferous.
Thick exp. of Louisville Pentacrinus elongus in loose blocks beside the road.