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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.