Field notes, Tennessee, 1901
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steamcat Below Grand Vizor, E side river. Rocks dip upstream Glensirk bed massive above, now thinbedded below. Levely lndroican partly exposed, about 10-15 feet at highest point of arch. The nature of the lndroican not to be determined at distance downstream. Presently 3ft clay, in 15 foot thin redded limestone. Not case since the thin bedded limestone may be beyond. However Gordon- my level certain at middle of arch although several exposed. Further down stream is illam bedded stuff still down stream, D ix m ?? Then a strong dip upstream, Glensirk bed. Massive beds over thin bedded section. About 1 mile into into Cliffrivered. Take left hand up a little piece, down a little piece, about 200 yds on the level to a big gate on left down 150 yds trip plain road to spring. House in far side of gate on left side of road. Gate keep fence on left all way to Martins store 1/4 mi, to Martins store about 1/2 mi to gate. W.N.Davis house S & Co S Exp N, From Bath Spring up to gate at beginning of lane at grad: 37 ft. 19 feet largely reddish clay stuff (= total of 56 ft) several whitish limestone layers above level of shed- 18 1/2 feet no experience along road. (= total of 74 1/2 ft - up to certain Bermudant bed.) 14 feet up to a hard layer in soft whitish clay ends at 88 1/2 ft, C 22 feet of Bermudant soft white clayey stuff (= total of 110 1/2 ft.) B Hard Limestone 5 1/2 ft thick. (total of 116 ft) A 19 feet to top of white limestone exposed (= total of 135 ft) 21 ft to top of drill = 157° Collected with D.C. Horton, E. 19 foot at top. Stillation calcating. the Cluecortopite, the small Blefield wells as Carna at Col-Smith, the Maynurse with raised ridge on outside of road. D 7 1/2 ft Hard Limestone. C 22 foot Lime rocks I wrote collected = Henderley & S afford B 4 ft hard limestone = 3 feet large of S affrid A 17 ft. Merizine warhouse Compression +3 area trip. collected Vincented bed.