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86 4 Derbyshire Falls. Lamell bed, lace, she clay 20 inches. From fine grained flaggy, 7 ft 6in to 7ft 9in. White Clinton or Lower Keegan, = 1ft 3in. Clinton 7 ft. 3 in. Sample I. 3 ft 9in., below Clinton lace, worn away. Sample II. 10 ft. below Clinton base contain more lime, at least fossils. Sample III. 12 ft below Clinton base Very fine grained, fairly soft massive rock, weather back. At not 2 feet of it, Below are 5 feet of material similar to Sample II with plants fossils. Next come about 5 ft of rock similar to III, which again's worn back under the more fossil aftering rock above. The level at the face of the Falls lies 15 feet lower down - a 32 ft below Clinton = 39 ft 3 in. below Clinton top, = 4ft below trans. arch top, = 48ft 6in. below clay bed at base of Lamell bed, 87 7.) Harry Manly's Quarry N of James Ch. (On S side of creek there is fully 10 feet of Judgem- note to want lamell. Waite with many chatty layers.) Stopping 12 ft clay and a little rock. Flaggy flaggy flaggy cheap, getting 5 in. A 2 in, 2 2 in. clent, 3 in, 4 in, 3 1/2 in, 3 1/2 in. with short in bottom part 6 in layer with chest or red line trip. 4 1/2 in. flaggy curbing good, 4 1/2 in. spotted calf ditch clint & pretty key 3 in, flagging. 6 in curbing 2 - 2 1/2 in light cellar flag. 8 in used for 6 in. curbing 7-9 in. used for curbing steps or lls 7-9 in. men for curbing steps, mills. 1 ft of soft blue clay. (cragged one) 3cap. 22 in. of this fine material line the bottom but under pressure 3ft 6in. three layers of soft lowerst. Den.May, 3ft 8in. Clinton. salmon form clint. reddish below, 4ft + don't like claygy material and a about 6 in layer on top of it.