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Sec. 14, T. 30 S., R. 13 E
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Mainly at RR cut at NW corner of section
Measured By Newell, 8/1938
Unit No. Description Thickness
1 Sandstone, massive, brown + 3 ft.
2 Shale, gray, clayey 10 ft.
3 Limestone, platy, ferrug, chonetes & productids 0.3 ft.
4 Sandstone, rippled, fine, interbedded shale 1.5 ft.
5 Shale, silty, gray 2 ft.
6 Brown limestone in two layers, separated by shale, contains productids and chonetes 0.4 ft.
7 Shale, covered 3.5 ft.
8 Limestone, drab, largely composed to Triticites of oryziformis 2 ft.
9 Shale, gray (this seems to thin out where the Ireland is massive; probably is partly equivalent to Irelend) +/- 30 ft.
10 Sandstone, massive ins S part of section, thin and shaly in U part of section 10 - 70 ft.
11 Bluish clay shale  

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