Field notes, undated (3)
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Left side of stream. W of R.S, talam, down stream. 5\frac{1}{2} feet Black slate, 1 foot sandstone. 16 feet to face of sandstone. ? \frac{1}{4} yd limestone exposed large Orthoceras innum to 32 ft. from clay limestone with) Underlying this up stream is Clinton with clart + triplesiana The Oepord replaced by clayey limestone much my little than Limestone above = Laurel. The Gypsoi contains the manner no speci men of Orth. occors Combing Gypsoi as 10 feet i at least 5 feet of preceding rock belongs to Tripoli Gypsoi y Same as last. 5\frac{1}{2} feet Black shale. 1 foot sandstone. 14 feet of limestone, ? 2 feet of clay poorly exposed. 27+ feet of Laurel limestone. 10 feet of clayey limestone with Orthoceras. Gypsoi Clinton with Stricklandinia. tripleisiana. Mr. B when used to live just across the stream. About 2 miles from last locality is road leading S to Gascoills Brand road to Santa Fe. Here the Laurel is quarried for making new road bed to Santa Fe, fine road.