Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Along [illegible] Juke S & of C[illegible] Price of Liberty had. 1ft 2in heavy St. [illegible] clay up 8ft 7 in Sandy clay with roots 1ft 6 in, [illegible] limestone 10 in Stagh. [illegible] Horizon Stagh. [illegible] 9in Stagh. plasmotica 9 7/8 in L[illegible] [illegible] cycle. Loc 8 Along RR to Raymond, about one mile S of Salt P[illegible]: Richy [illegible] Brendon, R next day. 14ft 3in greenish clay, 14 1/2 ft St. bury section, 15 ft Breed & Beyond, with 2 inch black fossil chalk about 14 7/8 in, above face of Bedford. The Breed Bedford concrete gl[illegible] bk clay 20 and me, much brick clay. There are [illegible] depth th[rough] small. The total Bedford Breed section may equal 17 & 1/2 ft. blue chalk at W[illegible] No 12? S> see 1st on page 6 in, so, stratum [illegible] 12 ft 6 in, Binnick ay, clay shale, 9 in, [illegible], average [illegible] layer 21 ft. Hard clay, oh, as below, [illegible]? 30ft Brendon 2 ft -> massive so, stratum, [illegible] I'm like more are [illegible] and 2 1/2 ft Soft blue arg. sh, in [illegible] 6 in, the f.c. oo. 3 ft 90 m soft blue arg.sh. 7 in, third g.guss ? 2 in Shaly parting 6m th[rough]gss, with [illegible] 14 ft 3 soft blue arg., oh. K: lacing Brendon [illegible] of gap? I think I railroad at top 11ft brownish clay, [illegible] shelf 4 in so stratum, 10 in brownish sh. stratum 3 in so, stratum 20 ft 6 in brownish arg., clay shale. 57