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Vanceburg,
Shale Points
R
3½ ft fine wave marks
56½ in.
3 ft interval, with freestone layers at top,
top of section.
8 ft interval, chiefly shale, but several
3 ft freestone larger. I have not seen.
5 ft 5 in. Interval. Shaly = rubble shales.
1¼ ft 1 in freestone layer. good.
1½ ft interval.
2 ft 7 in heavy freestone layers.
10 ft chiefly shaly, with some freestone.
11¾ ft freestone lingers.
10 ft chiefly shale.
quarried
4¾ ft 3 layers of freestone, could be A
at mine.
8½ ft shale with several layers of free
21½ ft chiefly covered. Bannock apple
lace and shales.
62 ft
29½ ft Mine from top carmacaceous shale
Mine Carmacaceous shale
19 ft to face of clay stratum
13½ ft to thick end of bog,
Mine carmace leathery, lace macs shale.
Argillaceous and shale - Top of Olive shale
40 ft Lower part soft but carmacaceous nearby.
103½ ft interval. Light colored, soft clay shale
Chagrin Formation.
60½ ft From part of olive shale down to bottom of
out at bridge on pipe.
Impala Williams limestone and large
limonite about 10 ft below top of
white division of black slate,
95 ft Ferruginous shale rubble
42¾ ft Ferruginous clay shale rubble 59½
with little freestone.
13 ft freestone & shaly
18½ ft freestone & shale < fresh collected.
11 ft 3 in freestone ledge.
various levels.
37 ft interval, freestone blocks at
16 ft freestone abundant, family
cherry on it good Tarramus midway
2½ ft. stone.
Nodular stratum of impure lime
abundant. Tarramus rather rare.
23½ ft interval with heavy freestone layers
intervals up to top.
galls & heavy layers at various
44 ft freestone with Tarramus & anda
2 ft 1 in freestone layer, solid.
5½ ft interval shale.
*4ft {3¾ ft} freestone ledges, canada galli
{2in 1½ ft} chummm.
8ft 6 in interval, purple ferruginous shale
1 ft freestone with canada galli abundant
ferruginous.
46½ ft shaly interval. I remember mine
5½ ft freestone
31½ ft little freestone, ferruginous near top
R. (clay) & sandy shale rubble into