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26) At spring is mile S of Swan
Bluff.
Black slate.
56 feet of crossbedded lower
Silurian and limestone, then,
weathering firm, fine-grained,
friable fin. chiefly within hips at
lynx form and byzaram, at
base; at Swan bluff are plants
of helicifolds.
At Tennessee Mines, between
Black shale rests on Lower Silurian
crossbedded.
Two miles N of Lewis county line, on
west side of Swan creek, on little stream
bed at fort Hill. Two houses on top of
hill going northward. Dan Dun can
see black slate,
Several chert layers, the intermediate
2 1/2 ft rock all rotted away. Chintun?
Layer Silurian crossbedded.
2 2 feet of chert layers with plenty of
chinton Lellum,
Helicites and tubulatus. Farmite farms.
The Helicites rather abundant in one
layer.
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Black shale
preserving, although distinct
in the same chert from vert unit.
And Illaero day mines pay good
2 1/2 ft. chert in beds. Farmite farms.
6 ft & inc chert nodules in layers.
Helicites common
5 ft up to layer mentioned above.
12 ft below this. All of this whitish limestone.
About 1 mile north of Lewis County
line, on east side of Swan creek,
Anderson Morris lives along road directly
north of the locality about 200 yds.
W. D. Aydlott's property, bluff 11 feet
tough, head and neck of Illaero-
gino Day mines in top of masses;
looking whitish limestone here. Some
part is white and very dense. Mr.
chert. In this respect it resembles
clearly the lyxite part of last sec-
Lime. 1/4 mile south of where we turned
to go to the Tennessee Mine
farm, can see as layer of black
slate directly above the Illaero.
3 1/2 ft & over Silurian up to their level in
Wide creek, where I turn off to Dan
Dun mine. On creek where road
turns N to Tennessee Mine.
Phenefield at Mine 7th foot above creek
Rock also strongly east. Some layer.