Field notes, Kentucky, undated, 2 volumes
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North east of hotel 100 yds, in a little run west of the creek, Oil Springs Hotel. Black shale 13m solid limestone. 10 in brecciated layer 14 in solid limestone. 18in limestone without caronims 18 in freely exposed, solid in part 4 in Not exposed, soft 15 in. Solid limestone hard, siliceous 1 m. Rotten stone, 5m 3 in. broken shale with nodules. 4 in rotten stone 4 in Jannbim limestone with Black nodules. A 46in crinoidal siltstone 1ft of base, with corals (Hindea also?) Chert in middle + upper part. 18 in Argyllacens rock, Yarrest Der, with proboseth, tuber- ulated plates black nodules 8R. Plum creek locality. Photo 1. Plum creek clay. Plate A. Plum creek clay. On west side of Plum Creek east of the road. Photo shows top of Plum creek clay. The base is slight ly below creek level here. Thickness of Plum creek clay exposed here is 5ft 3 in. Elkton limestone rather heavy here. Direct east of George Mc Intosh home. Elkins limestone. Cystophyllinae & alveolus are rare. (Leptaena subtruncialis) Delorania elegantula Plate, striatopora longimensis 3 placent. 5 specimen layers about 6ft below the top. nearby [Strophomella] like patina but apparently with multangular net wire. Stricklandiina near top? 13ft Estill clay. 14 in. = 2ft layer limestone. 17ft Vrae limestone & Lagdome 18in Argyllacens light brown limestone 1ft crinoidal l. with cnids. A 6 in. soft argyllacens rock, see preceding page.