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9. Calybeats Spring, 1/2 mi. above
Sulphur Spring, on East side
of Horse creek.
A short dist. once down the
river from the spring are
15 ft. of white limestone = top of Silu-
rion. This is overlaid by at least
60 ft. of Lower Helderberg, con-
taining large round crinoid-
al bodies through their whole
extent apparently. Small
fossils (Lower Helderberg?) occur
just above the Silurian limo-
stone.
10. S.E. of Mr. Cal. Blomtis Home,
2 miles above Calybeate spring,
along Horse creek. The top of the
Lower Helderberg contains the
large round Crinoidal bodies.
There is a trace of Black shale,
nor well exposed, and the Marne
gy is abundantly exposed.
Cerro Gordo - Saltillo.
11. Cave Spring, on road from Sa-
vanna to Cerro Gordo, 1/4 mi. E.
of Cerro Gordo.
A little whitish clay, resting on
35 ft. red rock, clayey at least.
28 ft. white limestone below.
12. Cerro Gordo.
Brown sand and gravel (chiefly
the latter) = Coffee sand?
8 1/2 ft. very fossiliferous clay
with limestone shivers.
5 1/2 ft. freeb. limed, very fossilif.
3 ft 9 in. Clayey limest. " "
2 ft 4 in. mud clay
4 in. limestone {Merriz cas-
3 1/3 ft. white clay to origin.
fossilifera}
2 ft. massive indurated clay bed
as at Rize Mill
26 ft. red rock, becoming more clay
at top, but turning to red and
fairly solid near whitish limestone
below.
32 1/2 feet white rock
10 feet not exposed on account of
high water.
13. Saltillo
1 mile S. of town, on Miles creek,
at site of old mill, 1/4 mi. West of
river is abundant Ordovician ce-