Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Yorston, Dygast Stn. Yotin & Lorinm Sand Supply & Limestone Quarry, just below the Glass sand quarry. Present top of quarry. 3 ft 2 inl, 5 ft massive grey compact l. with residual clay above & below. F 2 ft 6 in massive grey fine gr. coarsed l. D 5 ft 9 in thin bedded nodular stratified kidney C 6 in Fireclay dark coarse angular l. pieces, in continuity. 7 ft 9 in Top brecciated & mottled, Massive light grey clayey fine compact l., with fine brick base to lower & coarsely brecciated in place, 5 ft Massive flinty grey s & or lithographic l. 15 ft 3 in Flints helded by grey l. 4 ft 3 in. Thin bedded blue bin- pure linestones (brast and [illegible] 20% lime). Base of quarry, Sward to be within 1 ft 9 Dygan freestone. The fire clay is wanting here, 32 Yr2. & end of line between Rundlean and Fleming Cr. On gravel from St Paul's Yard to Plumstead Foundry, B nemavista lane. 1 ft 6 in covered. 13 ft 6 in Smutty black shale 3 ft 6 in covered. 18 ft 6in Because of Berne section top not exp. 155 ft 6 in Clay & black shale 49 ft 6 in. Wyden red ochre. The Bedford Bwaa section is indicated only by thin shale bands at my fragments in the soil. The West Union is absent. Cause that between blue shale and Clay ochred is well exposed.