Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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At the Fishtrap Spring the blue shale rests on Dor. limestone of which a 15 in layer is exposed. Base not seen Top of Limestone The base into Russellite mic shander than underlying part. 133 ft practically merging near thick clay shale distinct 31 ft 3 in moderately indurated selen 37 ft 6 in clay place = limits in two bury At base of limestone came 3-4 6 inches abundant plumbiferous nodules 23 ft 3 in Black Shale. Creek level Nodules at base of limestone, 1ft 4 in nodules plumbiferous 9 miles interior black shale. nodular layers plumbiferous 21 ft 2 in blue shale. Section NE 1/4 Fort Ridge 100 yds south of crossing of Neatville - Russell Bryan over Casey Creek. Collected abundantly 2 miles West of Russellite at Russellite Russellite, at top of ridge from Spencer working layers with numerous fenestellas or = worms over clay rock with gerd and more nodules. 2 ft Spencer with numerous fresh collected granular limestone may be thicker than 2 ft but only the 2 ft observed, upon this maroon darkened blue very fine grained limestone in the field looks like an abundant 5? ft. Pretty stable with two spec ies of Spores or something. Thickness perhaps 5 feet. Near Russellite. clay rock with this weathering to clay, with quantity of orbit. moss nodules. Have rocks by = at least 5 ft. Rest of limestone not the arrived.