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C. Adams 4. Little Flat Rock.
At least 15 feet of cherty beds
exposed. The chert makes up about
half of the section.
d. Adams 5. Little Flat rock,
On north side of stream, E of Stone
bridge.
About 12 feet of fair quality
of stone quarried for the bridge.
Stone bluish, rather fine grained,
the upper part apparently a good
building stone. Like Sand Rock
like e.
e Big Flat Rock. Adams 36.
S little of stream east of cran bridge.
From bottom up,
8 in. good very
4 in. fair second.
6 in.
5 in.
4 in.
4 in.
6 in.
5 in.
6 in.
like Sand
rock.
very good
6 in good not very,
11 in seems to split irregularly, had
upper surface covered with nodular
chert.
4 in.
5 in. with thin chert at top.
8 in. which would probably split.
6 in with chert residues along its
middle, and a thin chert layer
at top.
3 in. irregular at one.
13 in. would probably split up.
8 in.
11 in.
4 in
3 1/2 in.
3 1/2 in.
9 in
3 in.
3
3
4
2
8
5
3
10
This stone is very fairly
good and is fine for cut
work, but to any extent line
4 feet in beds too rotten from + weathered
to tell how they would quarry.
Top = at present much cracked.
Total over 19 feet.
Split one of section
5 1/2 feet good quarry stone
2 feet about 1 chert.
11 1/2 feet of inferior stone.
There is said to be considerable
chert up the creek, towards Nelson
in the next county.