Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Oliver shale exposed at Harrison chapel, near J B Harrisons store, 6 miles above mouth of Laurel, at mouth of Grassy Fork. Smoking shale exposed south of Harrison chapel 2 mile, in road to mouth of Laurel. 4 mile farther on the same road, the Smoking shale is underlaid by characteristic Berea sandstone with ripple marks, along the Oliver river. The Smoking shale underlaid by the typical Berea sandstone, and overlaid by 3 feet Bernal at a city ledge and a considerable section of pinkish clay as at Bernal Vista, is exposed at the Pine Hill School about 2 miles from the mouth of the Laurel, coming from Harrison Chapel way. Beyond Copers store at Gran Lodge the Bedford SS is exposed. at Mrs. W H Blakeney's place store, about 4 mile east of the bridge the Smoking is exposed. About 200 yds up Laurel from work crushing near mouth of Laurel Sm. oily shale The City ledge with the underlying Smoking shale is exposed half way between Ringlese and the Tannery, or 2 miles below Ringless on Trace fork of Kinnickinic creeks. Along RR SE of Ringless the City always shales are well exposed, at near Big Cut the Black Hand SS ? comes in. On county line at Big Cut. Top of exposure. 16 ft 6 in thin bedded to sandy white see cutpage SS, rapid dips a cross bedded, pink, only the latter. 5 ft 6 in Massive coarse grained SS with irregular lamist nodules of iron. From me at top of Maxwellville line. 42 ft. Massive light gray limestone, pk. exposed along road extending my at eight angles to cut. Collected forints at top direction after 10 feet. Top of cut. 28 ft. Massive c rase lime, ap- parently with mud and sand slightly fossil, forms with Semolina ant gradations + turgidica. On 5 miles (arrow) 8 ft. Red arg, shale. Bridge 38 ft above track. 29 ft 6 in thin bed, fine silt mine