Field notes, Tennessee, 1901
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37) at mouth of Little afensom, NW of Flat Woods. Wavely. Nodules, pleophatic in Sandstone. 90'6" Sandy rock takes place of Black Shale. Silurian with Oliva maj'n at top. 12° below Astraea mya menicns 90' belw top - Coral with flat rach Total Sil. on section exposed is 48° above Buffalo River. Wavely 2 ft 2 in chiefly shaly, phosphated, in upper 4". 7ft solid massive SS, Silurian No Lower Helderberg, W. F. Pate, Versailles, stayed wth J. C. Whittaker, lives NW of Flat Woods on road to Buffalo. Palaeonema ratera found by Mr. Whittaker in Tate Hollow, 50 yds from place where road forks going NE. Still's out from Buffalo River. 31 = 8) Special Cothran. E of limestone bluff, Wavely, 2 mi SW of Trace Creek. 90 Sandstone. Nodule layer at top. 4° Laysrock spalling. See section 32. 60½° Limestone rock down to where the line is covered by waters of the Buffalo River. 36° above the Buffalo river there is a bed that weathers away back. It is a soft limestone. The variegated bed delays below this level I think. Petrified Tree. Pine logg Hill - Grave gard. Between Rutherford and Horse Creek. This place is called Lutts Post Office. Tree is found in road beyond the post office going towards Waterlrr. Petrified Tree. 7 mis. N of Cypress Spr, on head waters of Weather- ford Fork of Indian Creek. On one of the forks. On Jack Mar- tin's farm. In hollow below his colm in his field. NE of Whittony Stand? S. of Victory Spr.