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Section 49 continued.
(Remembering at bug of 51ft.)
51 ft. Richmond, clay rock weathered by to small fragments,
30 ft. Well bedded clay rock, my cover 15 feet well exposed at cut just west of mile post 31 By Lexington.
11 ft down farm road to north
1 ft heavy fossiliferous Rock.
50 ft to top of Lynx beds. There are chasms along Howard track and always becoming just east of Mr. Jims Horn back to time.
Lynx beds
See second page preceding.
6 S. of J.T. Elkins, along Rm. (17)
Fissile Black Shale above.
30" Black Shale layer in clay rock--trace?
3 3/4" Cherty Criniferous
1 3/4" unknown.
1" solid brown limestone, origin?
12" blue clay
30" 2"-4" to lime cl.
29 1/2" 5" chiefly clay
24 1/2" 4"-6" solid brown cl.
24 1/2" 8" 2" clay
16" 2" clayey limestone.
16" 5 1/2" chiefly clay, some limestone, 1 ft above line.
10'6" From Clinton layer to top of cave continuous exposure.
Farther south, at lowest point of road, the base of the Clinton is clearly shown resting on clay shale.
Clinton or layer with large crinoid heads = 14 1/2 feet. The layer in which the heads occur disintegrates readily, as do also other layers above the middle. The lower 6 1/2 - 8 1/2 feet are quite solid.
The layer takes as base of bog sand is quite solid, or was bedded = 6 in.
Where cl., up to 2 feet.
6 ft blue shale mixed with small limestone pebbles.
6 in limestone. about 33 ft to Corniferous