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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.