Field notes, Tennessee and Kentucky, undated
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8 [9cut] at quarry nearest road. Waverly John Swell -12 miles Nash. Black Shale {1 foot, hannah sandy slate with a few muscles of animal color = 2 inches. 4 ft 3 in. {3 feet black shale. {3 inches, hrm sandstone, Waldrn 2 1/2 ft to 8 feet. The lower two feet of shale contain plenty of thin lime stone layers, and this is by far the most fossiliferous part. [arrow] Sannuel 22 1/2 ft of top section is quarried, [9cut] At quarry NE of East, several hundred feet from road. Waverly rests directly on Waldrn, about 8 feet thick. It & frm this and East quarry that the fossils were obtained. At a few places several slabs of Swartzville rock show up above the Waldrn bed, and beneath the Waverly bed. [9cut] Waverly rests directly on Sannel top west of John Swell 600 yds. at old quarries. Here the thin ner fossils were found. Views 1-5 just West of John Scott. Clint m + credited from Sherman. [9cut] along road just west of highest point just west of John Scott. 1/4 mile. Black shale on trace of Waldrum Waldrum complete in chos = 2 inches? very little exposed. Sannel, top well exposed. Practically in contact with the black shale. Thickness 24 1/2 feet. But am difficult to clieting marks from Osgrd. Osgrd not well exposed here, about 10 feet are accredited to it here, this being the unknown section. Clint m? The dirty beds from top of exposed cherty beds to bottom. The bottom will marked. There may be beds higher than the one here found but this is not very likely. Thick- ess at least 27 1/2 feet. [9cut] At another point I secured a measure- ment of the Chirty Clint m with a cloth or line. Thickness of Clint m was 23 feet exactly. The Osgrd above was calculated at 12 feet, and 11 feet of the very irregular Madison was seen below. The section thence was 12 ft. of Osgrd Take upper figure 23 ft. of Clint m. Take upper figure 11 ft of Madison + + base not seen. Fossils found at top of Madison.