Field notes, undated (4)
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shale descends to 870 and in Silurian secs, Synclinal My river, 4 M of Calvary center in stream led, Top of LS at 870. Conifers, is 8 ft 4 in thick, overlaid by Black Shale. Conif. rest directly on the Madison. 5 RR cut at road crossing top of LS 870. Conifers & Black Shale exposed in Cut, 6 Two miles N of Rolling Forks is a deep gully cut by stream. Down the stream the base of Black shale is seen at 902. On Conifers no thick 8 ft? unmeasured. No LS. 7 Continuing down stream to the creek and going down the creek, the creek runs for a time in Black Shale and then cuts through to the Conifers. Base of Black Shale at 885, 8 Base of Black Shale 880 Crenidial Conifers 3 ft 4 in Black Shale. Conifers rest on Madison, 9 857 - level between Black Shale & Lower Silurian Conifers, 10 Dam near New Market 860. Base of Black shale resting on Conifers. Conifers is 3 feet thick and rests on Madison direct. Rocks dip east LS 6 feet at dam. S at next end go two. 11 About a mile east of the junction of Stewarts Creek with Rolling Fork, the base of the Black Shale is seen at 875.