Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Kent on Co. 667 Svl} 668 " 669 Sub} Armstrong's farm. 1856 5 mi. SW. of Covington. 2331. Water. Spring, at Big Bend tunnel, 140 rods from N end of tunnel + same distance from Grant's Station. 1883, 1581} 1582} Silicious grit, at first toll gate 2 mi. from Covington. 1875 Same, used for molding sand. 1583. Clay. Lexington pike, 2 mi; S of Lexington, just below grits 15-81 + 15-82 which may be glacial. Madison Co. 2059. Mineral water. Well. 750 feet. Dr. J. Reed. Begun in Devl Black shale, near Paint Lick. 1878. 2210. Water. Well. 126 feet. 1879 150 ft's of railroad track at Clear Creek station, about 200 ft. W of Silver creek, in a bottom. 2486. Svl} 2487 Sub. William Gitzm, near Richmond, close to Lancaster pike. 1884 2488} 2489} Svl} Sub} Steve Walker, near his farm 200 yds right of Paint Lick pike. Black shale. 2490 Svl} 2491 Sub} S. Fitzpatrick. Near Walnut Meadow and Big Hill turnpike, 4 mi; NW of Berea. Middle Sand- stone. 1884. 1123. Magnesian limestone at W. Covington farms. Where red coal was collected. 1126. Well. Jorgerst. Spillman. 1877, Paint Lick. 1127} 1128} On slopes below junction of Black shale + Magnesian limestone. Covington farm at Elliottm.