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Sec. 29, T. 29 S., R. 17 E
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Old mine and ravines just north of road
Measured By Newell, 8/1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Fine-grained, blocky, bluish, cryptozoan limestone, remnant + 1 ft.
2 Platy buff sandstone 6 ft.
3 Coal 0.8 ft.
4 Underclay, with silicified wood 0.6 ft.
5 Heavy bedded sandstone, platy below grading into 1 ft. sandy shale at base +/- 31 ft.
6 Coal 0.8 ft.
7 Underclay 0.8 ft.
8 Coal 1 ft.
9 Underclay 0.2 ft.
10 Yellowish nodular clay + 3 ft.

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