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Sec. 3, T. 35 S., R. 16 E
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Measured By J.M. Jewett, 10/2/1932
Unit No. Description Thickness
16 Blue flags and shale 20 ft.
15 Limestone, blue, flaggy 0.07 ft.
14 Shale, sandy 2.5 ft.
13 Sandstone, one bed 0.4 ft.
12 Sandstone and sandy shale 4 ft.
11 Limestone, blue, with white fossils 0.8 ft.
10 Shale, very fossiliferous 1.5 ft.
9 Mostly limestone, some shale, shaly at base 4 ft.
8 Limestone, yellow 1 ft.
7 Shale, fossiliferous 1.2 ft.
6 Limestone, blue to brown, sandy, upper part is harder and more crystalline 3.85 ft.
5 Shale, thin beds, many crinoid stems 1.5 ft.
4 Limestone, blue, sandy, weathers brown 0.2 ft.
3 Sandstone, thin beds, varied appearing little carbonaceous matter 11.8 ft.
2 Coal 0.3 ft.
1 Underclay, gray ? ft.
  Covered slope  

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