Field notes, Ohio, undated, 2 volumes
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Next, road turns NNE again, then ENE. A little Cincinnati delvis runs in the road. House on S side of road, NE y house by rm, just before end of road toward ESE, Cincinnati rubs debris at several intermediate points. Where road begins to go strong, from hill is first Cincinmate rnb, then jumble clay, farther dwn road and quite farther dwn is Bossfield, a little furn are also, a little lower is Crab Oak and white clay. Still lower is from West Union plain tically vertical with strike about N 80 E. The road goes more directly south and turns one east. In a short distance the exposures are from West Union, then for a much larger distance they are marble. About 300 yards west of the point where the road turns N in order to give the spike there is exposed the Delvis Black shale. Andrew school NW y Grant Grove WTr 773 corner. Then up hill. Marble for considerable distance sides up hill. At first west of hill is marble and thus marble continues to se and east, a short distance S of house on left of road. From this house northward to bend of road is from West Union. Then E to bend of road. Then NNE down hill where rock is from West Union to road junction with house toward NE side of junction. West of this house is white Crab Oak and clay, and farther west in the sun bed Bossfield. Limestone are common. Some that are dark green. A short distance before reaching the house and end of lane, a dry wealth. The sun is indicated by the cut on line. Bossfield is exposed SE of this limestone crossing in a low elevation in this valley. There, from of this Bossfield is dipple marked on large scale. One layer one layer is included here in the debris. The iron ore bed is well exposed west of this dry water stream dipping strongly eastward. The bed about 2 ft thick. The dry stream goes only about 2 feet below this red bed. The bed rises to, point where road turns NW to house,