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Section on Missouri River {continued). 



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Slope, probably shale. 



Ferruginous limestone, mostly in even Yancton, 

 strata; weathers brown; contains very Nebraska, & 

 few fossils. abo y e White 



Argillaceous shales. 



Bituminous coal. 



Sandstone and sandy shales. 



Argillaceous shales. 



Bed of ironstone, sometimes concretion- 

 ary. 



Upper 6" shales, as probably is all the 

 remainder. 



Sandstone and sandy shales ; the sand- 

 stone is soft, but shales are hard, thinly 

 laminated, and somewhat calcareous. 



Argillaceous shales ; contains concretions 

 of carbonate of iron. 



Blue, shelly, earthy limestone. 



Blue argillaceous shales. 



Slope, mostly shales. 



Mottled blue limestone, hard, evenly 

 jointed, fracture conchoidal, weathers 

 brown; contains Edmondia Ilawni, En- 

 omphalus complanatus, Orthis hemiplica- 

 ta, &c. 



Blue argillaceous shales. 

 Bituminous coal. In Nodaway Co. is 6" 

 to 16". 



Ochreous and argillaceous shales. 



Sandy shales and sandstone. 



Slope. 



Deep blue limestone, containing Lingula. 



Dark greenish-drab or blue shales. 



Nodular limestone interstratified with 

 shale ; abounds in fossils : Fusulina cy- 

 lindrica, Spirigera subtilita, Productus 

 Rogersii, Ceriopora(?), Or. umbraculum. 



Brown and drab limestone. — Lowest range 

 of Pr. Valhounianus. 



Brown calcareous shales. 



Ashy-blue limestone; abounds in Fusu 

 Una cylindrica. 



Brown calcareous shales, very fossilifer 

 ous ; contains Spirigera subtilita, Spiri- 

 fer Kentuckensis, Ortlusina umbraculum, 

 Coral, Bryozoa, &c. 



Blue and dark shales. 



Blue and drab limestone. 



Limestone and shales. 



Seen above 

 White Cloud 

 in Kansas. 



Below White 

 Cloud and 

 above Forest 

 City. Is the 

 highest rock 

 in the west'n 

 part of Noda- 

 way Co. 

 This coal oc- 

 curs on Nod- 

 away River, 

 near State 

 line. 



Quitman, in 

 Nodaway Co. 

 Rolling Bra., 

 Holt Co. 

 Smith's Mill, 

 on Nodaway 

 River. 



Forest City, 

 and Smith's 

 Mill, in Nod- 

 away Co. 



