Field notes, Ohio and Indiana, circa 1914
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Directly S of Natural Bridge Station on road up to the Bridge. Type of exposure. 38½ ft Limestone, St. Benet's? 17½ ft 6 in Limestone. On top & cap. [illegible] 2½ ft with interstratified layers. 25 ft Limestone, yellowish firm grained over the base but not bottom cyclical. Type mainly argillaceous St. Benet's clay rich, Matthews & Wilkins quarry, 14 ft 9 in Rockcastle 29½ ft St. Benet's 1 ft 8 in fine clay. 5 {25 ft 3 in St. John's exposed. Litlustration layer not seen. 10} [25 ft] St. John's at Nat Bridge) Matthews and Wilkins quarry Lexington Eastern RR, partly of Natural Bridge Station 2 miles. R> 18½ ft massive white chalk. 1 ft 8 in fine clay speckled and pebbly. 12 ft 6 in fine grained whitish grey. [illegible] layer 1¼ 6 in from top. 2 ft 2 in darker blue. Precipitated layer. 4½ ft 3 in St. Julian's rock to work on layer but not so dark and demonstration better. But finding a large mass are led. 4½ ft 4 in massive white chalk beddings. 2½ ft exposed at edge of quarry. 2½ ft Limestone layer with chert. regarded as Lithostratigraphic Layer 1½ ft Limestone. Formerly mine was opened. 6 ft medium bedded compact act grey. 8½ ft 9 in green argill, shales. The upper 3½ ft 3 in is light grey clay & present fine line zone of non-conformity with this limestone over 2½ ft thin bedded grey & [illegible] 1½ ft 4 in Massive stratum July 1. 1 m. St. John's pathing. 2½ ft 10 in Massive l.g. L. at about 1 mile H½ ft 9 in Thin bedded greenish grey in St. John's quarry