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(Black shale shal
112. N of Waco. 6 in soft clay rock.
and clay arch in middle part (75)
7 2 ft 1/2 in hard clink at top Black shale.
3 ft 9 in Dorseyville No chert.
19 ft upper clay,
2 ft massive bed,
12 ft chiefly clay,
8 2ft chiefly clay,
5 ft chiefly clay.
4 ft streak to top of Whitfieldella
bed.
Mr. Jesse Jones at Union Hall,
knew all about the fire clay
used to be kept keepers at the
furnaces & furns where fine
clay was obtained. At Union
Hall was formerly the Cottage
Furnace.
Pitching Furnace on Miller's creek.
Estill Furnace on dividing ridge
between Hardinckle's creek & Miller's
creek.
Cottage Furnace, on dividing
ridge between Ballard Forking
Hardinckles creek & Cox creek =
or between Cottage Fork & Combs
Branch.
Sam Ginter at Union Hall,
G. W. Lyle at Vaughns Mill,
for information Estill Furnace
of Sandola
45 ft clay top not near,
7 ft with lizzie to top clay &.
2 ft massive cl, in Oxford.
12 2 ft clay
20ft top of grl'd chintm to by a
middle limestone in clay. The
5 ft clay layer from brow 5 ft &
this section clay collect