Field notes, Kentucky, undated, 2 volumes
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2198. Bituminous limestone from above the Corniferous limestone, 3-10 ft thick, from near Elliston. Generally of a dull, brunswick black, or grey black color. Some pieces with bands of a lighter grey tint. It is a fine globular rock. 2199. Impure limestone. Top of the Corniferous lime- stone. Total thickness 15 feet, with intercalated beds of pure limestone 6 in each twelve. A simple fine granular a compact rock. Samples from different levels are varied. Some are brunswick-black, someumber-colored, and some intermediate in tint. 2000 Limestone, on the road one mile south of Mrs S. J. Embry. intercalates with the so-called Black Band and bituminous limestone A dull buff grey fine globular rock with some slight infiltration of lime decated cross oxide. June 5 noon Embry, Sept 3, 48.53 11.29 10.33 17.656 3.70 1.696 3.47 6.1567 24.74 27.173 5.614 lime carbonate " magnesia " alumina silica Boric acid iron peroxid potada soda Bituminous shale water & loss Siliceous shale My lime " " " calcia 58.86 20.10 2.996 3.90 - .576 1.276 .054 1.396 10.87 9.980 25.592 18.794 4.785 20.98 50.96 27.972 .5.96 3.554 .276 .087 6.493 4.12 28.538 13.319 2192 2193 2194 N.V. N.V. Not act. Not act. N.V. N.V. 2189 2190 2191 silica, ferrum oxide