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28 Cut,
Astraeaspis ensicauda
is found 16 ft. at the top of
red rock, above a 5 ft. in-
durated clay layer. Massive
looking but spalling off ir-
regularly.
Cumberland City,
29 - Along RR West of John
Bradus house 3 mi. S. of
Farm. Just N. of crossing
of main county road
th Erin.
In ascending order, going
S. towards the crossing.
In a cut is a thick section
of the Clinton rocks of Chipton=
Ordovician: badly decayed
and recently reduced to drab
stuff here but better preserved
at one point along the RR
almost 2 mi. from farm.
22 ft. White limestone, Clin-
ton, like Dighton limestone,
upper 12 ft with chert layers,
Lower 10 ft massive. For-
writes favours in an erratic
part.
14 ft. Soft red clayey rock =
As good, More whitish at base.
Thickness may be 19 feet
but there is probably a cause
faulting here.
7 ft. Red limestone, with Stephano-
nus Cypri-densis + Pizo-crinus
gemini formis becoming less
red + clayey above!