Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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"See last page. 8 in clay and limestone. 2 in l. with thin lignites comm. 8 in clay with thuil in middle 2 in limestone 5 in clay, 1 in limestone. 1ft 2- clay, 3 in several limestone + clay. 3 in clay 7 in three limestone layers, 2 in clay * 1ft 2in lime. 5 1/2 ft. clay with 2 in 3 thin l. layers 3 in more marked limestone. B arey exposed near creek level, Further met, about 1/2 mile NE of Ogden flats Try Ridge, 53 ft Probably all West Union, 151 1/2 ft Cret Arch and, Try of Dayton l.s fully groges thin markings (as at Wtady) 1/2 mi East of Ribolt. BC Griggos, near Polesine Dayton limestone is exposed about 3 miles SW of Martins. Photography NW of Martins, 6 ft heavy bedded limestone. 6 ft argillaceous + thickbed l. 54ft massive l. Mint J et me fossiliferous, red clay, and sandy looking, but fossils seen in lower 12 feet) Try Ridge 1/2 mi S of Carré State Chin shales, 38ft 6 in coned. (41ft 6h. clay limestone. Foraminis: 5 ft coned not probably similar 7ft 6 in hard clay, limestone specially. 20 ft clay shale, binder shale layers, limestone within 4 ft of base ordinary West Union limestone. Belfast bed, plotted, at Walter Grooms' house. The name has changed since very much. Thinner layers above. Clint or massive bed at lower Belfast 3ft 9 in 5 Linda 7ft 6 in. 2 mi S of West Union on Beasley Fork Road to Min