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Sec. 21, T. 29 S., R. 17 E
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Side of strip pit, Dunbar coal mine. 5 miles West and 1/2 mile North of Thayer
Measured By R.E. Whitla, 8/1/1939
Unit No. Description Thickness
6 Weathered limestone  
5 Shale, weathers to a buff, or yellowish brown cl 2 ft.
4 Black, carbonaceous shale 1 ft.
3 Limestone, lower part is sandy 1.5 ft.
2 Bluish-gray sandstone. Contains fern and other plant fossils. A thin, papery shale asa much as 2 inches thick in some places at the bottom 5 - 6 ft.
1 Thayer coal. 2 - 4 inches clay parting about 9 inches below top of coal. Pyrite nodules near top of lower part of coal 1.5 ft.

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