Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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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