Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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"Arc R. along my Huffermuth of State Road, between Frenchburg & Jeffersn ville, 1/2 mile south of Slate Creek. 2 ft 10 in Massive to shatrum. Devons, 2 ft 3 in Clay shale 11 ft Sunbury shale dark 4 ft 2 in Bedford-Berea argy. shale, base 31-1/4 6 in Celio shale. On Clay City road 2 miles SW of Jeffersonville, at crossing west fork of Sycamore Creek, 5 ft Normal clay shale, note weathering to broken shale 11 ft 6 in Inclined massive argillaceus 6 in Druffin layers. 3 ft 2 in Devonian? limestone, silicous 11 ft covered with a little Silurian clay at top, 2 in stratum light brown limy 5 s are 8 in foraminiferal layer in White freckled fossils few brown and foraminfera red. 8 in grey b. incl turning to light 1 ft strong logset from limy slate with large chiten or coral lode strongly wave marked SW M. 100 yds NW of forks of Lenee and Clay City roads, about 4 mi, SW of Jeffersonville. R 1/2 mi B near Vista (Plinphatic?) 3 ft 8 in clay shale 6 ft 6 in Sunbury shale 2 ft 2 in Bedford-Berea argill. shale. 38 ft Celio shale Brush Creek, R thru & the hyaer-dular layer seen S of Olympia, on the forested Olympian Steps to Palatyn. + also how great my modules in weathering here. In road to Kwaadville. About 2.5 miles west of Lenee 1 in red clay & fossil shale. 5 ft 6 in The crumbled Silant ampy layers. 5 ft in Pure succeesor blue Black shale, which turns fissile, then maraly Devonian limestone.