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Sec. 10, T. 21 S., R. 17 E
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Gully crop 75 yards Southeast of Jennings house
Measured By A.L. Bowsher, 07/24/1942
On Jenning's Farm
Unit No. Description Thickness
6 Thin-bedded, brown, hard, slabby, dense, very fine grained, crystalline. fusuliniferous limestone with ferr. fossil cavities  
5 Light gray, fairly hard, thin-bedded, kaolinitic, illite clay shale 18 - 19 ft.
4 Thin-bedded, platy, bituminous coal - Williamsburg 6 - 9 in.
3 Very soft, somewhat shaly coal 0 - 3 in.
2 Interbedded, gray, soft, kaolinitic clay shale and lignite layers 0 - 3 in.
1 Dark gray, soft, very thin-bedded, slightly kaolinitic illite clay shale, containing a great amount of browken lignitic material 1 ft.

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