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a) Black shale at School house.
5 ft shaly clay, such as is found
above Sand Shurian and below
Chint in N. of Telarric store on
Lefler's Creek. N. of Tom Fox,
age of this shale unknown:
Sand Shurian?
In Sand Shurian limestone are
immediately beneath me:
Orthus platellites form?!
Arthur sub quadrata!
Arthur like insculpta'?
Strophomena large, deep mm.
cular impression. Next after
the real large one in size. This
form seen at Dayton,
Crustella are just it smella to.
b) Just N of little branch, South 1/4 mile
of Jim Clinton Sr.'s House,
2 ft Cherty Flint on or
2 1/2 ft of the soft shale mentioned
in last locality.
Sand Shurian limestone,
Black Shale on Clinton.
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Centerville. On road W. down to
R R. station.
Waverly
4 in. Module layer.
4 1/2 ft. Black shale:
then decayed
8 in. Sandstone layer, phosphatic bed
2 1/2 ft. Waldrun shale. Top eroded pretty.
15 3/4 ft Laurel. Piercerinus gemmiformis!
Some part not exposed here.
R R. section S of barn Centerville
Reddish bands in the upper part?
Laurel bed, Iron Stained, more cruminal
than any place so far seen?
4 in. Module layer,
4 1/2 ft Black shale.
5 in Phosphatic sandstone?
4 in - Waldrun shale,
as an accumulation.
25 ft Laurel rock. Piercerinus & Arthur-
nis body, transition to Laurel.
4 ft. more solid calcareous rock weather
layer calcareous rock.
6 1/2 ft often shaly, sometimes rather firm
12 1/4 ft Clinton. Both on. not seen.
20 ft not exposed.
Coarse crinoidal layers, Slipper Creek
possibly, not verified best. L.S.
Clinton is therefore not thicker than
31 - 83 feet,