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Sec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 18 E
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Northeast, starts in creek under bridge
Measured By J.M. Jewett, 6-22-1935
Along highway West of corner
Unit No. Description Thickness
5 Limestone; a coquina, mostly of spired gastropods cross bedded, holds dip slope for 0.5 mile or more; seems to be 100 feet or more below Bethany Falls limestone 0.5 ft.
4 Shale, with considerable limonite, not all exposed  
3 Limestone earthy blue brown same lithology as in Mound Valley and Northward; pinches out laterally as in Mound Valley 1 ft.
2 Shale covered except in upper 3.5 feet which is gray with fossil fragments. Much black platy shale as float on limestone (#1)  
1 Limestone, very irregular upper surface gray and crystalline, exposed in small stream Northwest of bridge, South of highway 59  
  Note:5 in this section is very probable 2 in 7-32-18E. Hence 3 is not Hertha  
  Underclay below the coal beds.  
  Later section by Dr. Newell shows a coal bed 2.5 feet above "Basal sandstone"  

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