Field notes, undated (6)
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Clinton west of Bonville. 1000 NW corner dry store WMV and at firm (Old Vernm) -45 belon. basis Waldim shale at Tunnel Mill-83 below. WM Maner corner = 22 feet below 699. Waldron east of Old Vernon. WM Maner Corner: 677-699 ft above sea. Clinton west of Bonville-722-742 ft " " Waldron at Tunnel Mill-634 ft " " Waldron at Bonville found by adding 61 feet. -783 ft " " Greensburg 954 ft. Big Creek bridge S of Dupont. 800.50 Dupont 795. 699 722 23 954 155 799 James Manley's Lime Quarry. Black Shale. 2 feet of blue limestone, fossils, dividing into 1/6/s in layers. Also other mix irregularly. Black nodules + fritz teeth at upper third down with upper chert nodules. 2 feet of limestone with chert at upper and lower third of the limestone, which part irregularly where the chert nod- nules are. With fossils above, less below. 12 inches grey limestone with brachi- pods + Beygra. 3 feet 4 in. grey limestone with few brachiopods + chert nodules at base. 1 ft. 9 inches of grey limestone. Wavy juncture. 10 ft (4 feet) of fine grained grey limestone with fine banding like some of the clung rock banding at Charles- town. Looks argillaceous at least distinctive. Burned for lime. This layer was found to be 12 feet above the creek at Oscar Case's quarry, an eighth of a mile above the old Hackett quarry.