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A third of a mile North of Petersville,
a road turns off Westward up a small
creek, and 300 yds Westward forks,
one branch going up a steep hill,
Northward; A bird half way up the
hill, the Sunbury shale is 15 feet
thick, and is underlaid shaly sand
at me, and about 5 feet below
the Sunbury, a 2 inch striation is
distinctly visible marked, probably
indicating the equivalent of the
Berea sand at me.
1/2 mile West of Noah, road turns off
towards left, and goes down
steep hill. Here Massive sand
at me is exposed at top of hill = 85 ft.
An interval of 45 ft between
between this de and top of Sunbury
Sunbury = 14 ft 6 in. Black shale.
Barnwell shaly sand at me, with
a few ripple marks, at least 8 ft.
Interval unknown.
Ohio black shale not well
exposed.
Top of Black shale about 110 feet
above spike junction level accords
my to estimate only,
At Glenn Springs the Silurian lime
stone has a sort of light smoky
brown color and is, 13 ft 6 in. thick,
with black chalky above and
beyond clay shale below.
A mile + one half from Glenn Spring
and 2/3 mile South of Beulah's Spring
from base of Ohio shale to base of
of Sunbury shale, = about 156 1/2 ft,
13 ft 8 in Silur limestone,
Sunbury, in
Berea equivalent, a 3 in. layer of sand-
at me is beautifully ripple marked.
Below this is 10 ft of thin shaly sand
at me and the same material
occurs above the ripple marked layer.
The Berea has lost its characteristic
appearance except for the one ripple
marked 20. layer.
Base 5 ft Sunbury shale exposed,
5 ft covered.
16 ft white clay purple at top,
1 ft layer of freest lime.
10 ft chiefly crowned clay shale and
several free lime layers
44 ft practically continuous very soft
dreamy freest lime layers.
22 1/2 ft chiefly crowned. chiefly clay shale +
thin pure lime.
1 ft strong pure lime
20 ft covered. No evidence of heavy
pure lime layers
1ft 3 in. heavy free lime layer
of white