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Just beyond this the road bends
straight east. Here Clent argy clay is
overlaid by Black shale. Clent argy
shins up at Honey Hill east ward.
Next a house is seen in N sidey road.
Here Clent argy is overlaid by Black shale
and further north the top of West Wmin
is seen. Road goes NE and passes Dane on
west side. Black shale underlaid
Clent argy all the way up the hill to
the cabin by the road in Up, Also
Black shale E coming down the hill
as far as road coming in from Dr.
Marl rock occurs in creek bed just
cast of road junction, NE as far as
house in hill crest south y road, my
marl is exposed except a very small
patch of Clent argy. This marl looks
on though once it had been thin bed
like Wmin, but this is uncertain.
East y lurnee. Black shale shins up on
far as base of hill. Followed by marl
rock as far east as next house in
N side of road. Easty lurnee the
marl shins up to foot y hill,
E y Baker Fork bridge is lime West
Wmin. This continues E to first house
in N sidey road. Further E the ground
probably is underlaid by black shale
but no actual exposures are seen until
little stream in next lurnee in N sidey road.
No exposure east ward until the jpike is
reached.
Along Sinking Springs- Grant Grove
jpike Black shale in E 2 ide y jpike
from Allamo Cr line 3 mi's where
laine turns off W. Here, is led y creek
and in hill most y creek to W horse dipping
cast ward and at least 20 degrees. Black shale
above in hill. West ward up, hill is Black
shale about halfway to bendy road, the
second half of this strd is marl
apparently of Wmin origin. Then road
turns south. The ridge presently is under
laid by West Wmin. Then road turns
E, SE of lurnee is rock identified as West
Wmin. Past off house along old lane on
map marl from Wminre is exposed in
drop to point where road turns south up
a stream hollow. Here marl dips
druggy west ward and is Gore West Wmin.
On next side of creek direct E & W y bend of
road The formations Orssofield strikes
on Summit Large Dayton & Others also run.
Follows stream down to entrance into
Baker creek. Here, up a hill side run,
my Richmond Achis occurs, but in
great abundance. This run is located
at point where Baker Run makes a
strong west bend just south of mouth
of little branch just of me describes.