Field notes, undated
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Tuesday July 20. 13-705 ft. Lower 7.01 A M. 14-North dip strikes. 15-555 top of Alara? 16-485 creek-at 8.15 a m. 17-550 highest l. seen at 8.30 A M. 20. Lone above. 18-Academia 620 at 8.50 A M. 19-Academia 630 at 9.05 A M. 20-at 575 there is limestone, on the hillside there is much iron. 21-at 656 there is limestone at 7:30 (Over pt l. also at 100. The latter may be the Holly limestone.) 21.-at 620 there is some l. This is the top of Alara. 22-665 ft - at 9.45 A M. 23-718 ft at 10.05 a m. 24-130 ft at 10.40 A M. 25-540 ft at 2.30 P M top of Alara. 25-electric limestone beds covered a b'k l. large sandstone formation, 16 ft. Wp of sandstone invert 20 ft marble front of lower 4ft Bed A, 34 ft projected to front of bed B 20 ft marble front of fossils. Bed C, in part, with large peat-streams 34 ft to top of white limestone, calcite 15 ft finely exposed. 8ft l. limestone. magnachata 14ft s'w surface weathering sandstone, argillaceous 14t l. 2ft argillaceous limestone, 3'5t rather soft arg. shales 2 hard argillaceous.