Field notes, undated (6)
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Altitudes. Connis Creek 792. West of Waldron. Waldron. 831. Find elevation of Waldron shale and compare with elevation of Waldron shale at St Paul. St. Paul. 864. Find elevation of Wal- dron shale. See above. Flat Rock bed 792 Clifty Creek bed 860 St Paul 864. Calculate elevation of tops of Lower Silurian. New Point 993. Find elevation of top of Lower Silurian & compare with last. Batesville. 983 Morris 994. Vernon (Old) 699 Depout 795 Big creek bed of stream 736 Elevation of Waldron shale. x Paris Crossing elevation of Wal- dron shale! N Madison tip of incline plane. 887.54 Find elevation of Clinton. The equivalent of the Waldron shale seems to be found at Muncie in Delaware county, east 1 town, on the banks of the White River. Muncie 948. Find elevation of Waldron shale equivalent. Longwood 1011. Elevation of Clinton. 60 feet below RR station at Hartsville Cros- sing is found the base of the Waldron shale at the north end of Hartsville villle. Taken by an aneroid. G.W. RITERIDGE, Engineer. Big 4. Cincinnati Ltd. Hartsville Crossing is 182 feet below level at Greensburg. Waldron shale at Hartsville - 202 feet below Greensburg. (Clinton's level at Hartford (141 feet) Below Greensburg.) Harris & ty 115 ft. 26 ft-