Field notes, Kentucky Geological Survey, undated
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101 continued. Top of Berea Hills fossiliferous, as below (675) 19 ½ ft came sandstone after 30 ft not exposed coal measure part = 21" somewhat fossiliferous (625 ½) 83 ½ ft (brown sandstone after 10 ft limestone in sill, (542) 1st me. (532) 7 ½ [white] crystalline lime- fossilizing limestone 460 ½ fossile this hold erratic mm up to here, a rather 38 ½ f[ing]est me experiences cm. of this section, (422) cut abundantly in lower half two levels. corals weathered 38 ft limestone exposed at number- 12 ft limestone ledges I distinct limestone. 14 ft [white] limestone. first very 4 ½ ft soft clayey shale. 2 ½ ft just one layer in several beds 5 ½ ft soft shale (varied) glaucon making part of it sandy with distinct white quartz 1 ½ ft a sort of firm hard freestone 4 ft not exposed 1 ft pure limestone. 102. Berea College brickyard. (63) G.I and Automatic, Brick maker made by Jonathan Creager Sons Cr. Cincinnati, O. Standard of models, made by the Willington ma- chine Cr. Wellington, Ohio. 601. Strip spoil about 3 inches. Clay used: 3 ½-4 ft. use a track car and cars haul clay from pit to incline by line, 5 up, incline by steam, using cable, at top of incline day is dumped from car on to plat- form & shovelled into disinte- grate consisting two large steel rolls between clay passes, and any pebbles are ground to small size. Water is added to clay as it reaches the rolls in disintegrator. Clay drops from disintegrator great a into pug mill made in Cincinnati (here revolving blades mix the clay and if necessary more water is added. The blades push the clay for- ward into the brick mull, The blade in brick mill press the clay down into the arms.