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Labette County

Sec. 29, T. 31 S., R. 18 E
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7/1935
Unit No. Description Thickness
7 Sandstone, massive adn thin bedded weathers brown-supports great oak forest 7 ft.
6 Coal 0.2 - 0.4 ft.
5 Shale and sandstone - upper six feet mostly shale lower is sandstone - partly massive; partly thin bedded; little is cross bedded 21.6 ft.
4 Shale - partly sandy, more sandy above 6.7 ft.
3 Shale - clay - somewhat micaceous 3 ft.
2 Covered interval 17 ft.
1 Limestone - Bethany Falls - with brown and steel gray chert in irregular nodules 3 - 4 ft.

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