Wilson County Sec. 29, T. 29 S., R. 17 E

Section measured from bottom of creek up the hill to the east-west road where it turns north down the hill Measured By H.C. Wagner, 11/22/1952
	Unit No. Description Thickness 16 Limestone - light gray (N7) when fresh. Weathers to pale yellowish orange (10YR8/6). Very fossiliferous. Mainly small brachiopods 1 in. 15 Sandstone - very fine, angular grains, micaceous, strongly iron-stained, dark yellowish orange (10YR6/6) to light brown (5YR5/6) 2.9 ft. 14 Limestone - very sandy and micaceous. Very pale yellowish brown (10YR7/2). Unfossiliferous 1.4 ft. 13 Shale - very silty, micaceous, poorly bedded, strongly jointed. Has thin clay layers in upper 8 inches. Becomes very calcareous in upper 3 inches. Yellowish gray (5Y7/2) to pale yellowish orange (10YR8/6) 1.7 ft. 12 Shale - fissile, dark gray (N3), breaks into large (3 in.) thin (1/16 in.) plates. Contains zone (1 in. thick) of phosphatic (brown) nodules 11 inches above base 1.5 ft. 11 Limestone - clayey and silty, dirty, very fossiliferous, many fusulinids, light gray (N7). Locally iron-stained. Upper 6 in. is limestone rubble 1.4 ft. 10 Coal 6.5 in. 9 Claystone, medium dark gray (N4), carbonaceous, non-silty 5 in. 8 Coal 5 in. 7 Claystone, medium dark gray (N4), carbonaceous, non-silty 3.5 in. 6 Coal - iron-stained 1 in. 5 Claystone, non-silty, purplish gray color near grayish purple (5P4/2) in upper 1/2 inch. Lower 2.5 inches iron-stained badly 0.25 in. 4 Shale - medium light gray (N6) to dark yellowish gray (5Y7/1), fissile, non-silty. 8.1 ft. 3 Bed of septarian concretions or cross-bedded crystalline limestone. Medium dark gray (N4), very fine crystalline (dense).   2 Shale - medium light gray (N6) to dark yellowish gray (5Y7/1), fissile, non-silty 28.5 ft. 1 Limestone - brownish gray (5YR4/1) to medium gray (N5). Medium crystalline with many white specks throughout. Fossiliferous, fossils mainly Osagia? algae and small brachiopods. A few crinoid stems. Base not exposed. Joints N25E prominent + 3 ft.
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