Field notes, Kentucky, undated, 2 volumes
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947. Building stone. 5 miles from Driese, on th Richmond turnpike, Estill c. Dark gray, fine grained, many small scales of mica, Ca CO3 41.380 Mg Cr3 3.019 Comb'd Fe 4.321 Oxided Fe 2.365 Al .806 Brown Oxide of Mn .480 B2 O3 .374 H2 SO4 1.471 Clark .482 Soda .019 Silica + Insol'd Mat. 18.680 973 Magnesium limestone on Clinton, Hillsborough. Dull, dirty - buff, impure, with round beads, much scale of mica, & brownish streaks of oxide of iron. 973 Ca CO3 = 42.680 71.700 Mg CO3 = 25.358 9.931 Fe CO3 5.115-5 Mn Cr3 .421 Oxided Fe = 11.073 Al. 1.060 B2 O3- .848 .630 H2 SO4 .324 .337 S Ark. .290 .371 Soda .033 .139 Silicate Insol'd 10.580 2.88 H2 O & Loss 1.858 1.872 Brown Oxide of Mn al. 12.24 al. Nr674. Yellow Red Brown earth, on ensergetal C. 1/2 m. E of Mt Carmel, Fleming c.