172 W. C. MORSE AND A. F. FOERSTE 
SECTION AT INDIAN FIELDS 
Feet Inches Feet 
3 SUMDUTY SHG Coes a one enna et Sete Pe at ma aN ot 
2. 
I. 
Black fissile, carbonaceous shales. 
Bedjord-Berea total thickness... eee 4 
Fossiliferous, argillaceous, and calcareous shales. 
Ohio shale. 
Black, fissile, carbonaceous shale extending down the hill 
for a long distance but not measured. 
An instructive section is seen one mile northwest of Stanton, 
Powell County, in a lane leading up to the residence of Lewis 
Foulkner. 
SECTION AT STANTON 
Feet Inches Feet 
An KCUVAHOa fOFMOUON a. meme t ee aie ere ae 4t 
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3 ONTO SHGIER® Piseie eR eo Re Ea EEE 164 
Soft, blue, argillaceous shale not measured. 
Layer of buff, fine-grained, calcareous sandstone, which 
weathers into large flatmodulles!y9—. a sere eee I 3 
Soit) blues aroillaceous/Shalewon see riemes emer ranetn eee 3 
Sunbury shale, totalithicknesss ree esis eer 63 
Black, fissile, carbonaceous shale. 
Bed [Ord Berean ne smd Nees ean kay EEE is 
Bluish, argillaceous, and calcareous shales. 
Black, fissile, carbonaceous shale; ...e sa¢.00 oes ee 16 6 
Covered fo the highwayesnassaena meee cee ee 19 9 
The final section is from Irvine, Estill County. Here the Bedford- 
Berea is 1 foot, 6 inches in thickness and fossiliferous, while the Sun- 
bury is only 3 feet. This very gradual decrease in the Sunbury 
should be noted although it is much less marked than the thinning of 
the Bedford-Berea. 
6. 
SECTION OF MINERVA MOUNTAIN, IRVINE 
: ; Feet Inches Feet 
Sub-Carbontjerous limestone en vane ene see I 
Yellowish, sandy-like limestone, lying at the extreme 
top of the hill. 
Upper Waverly series mot divided: ernest aace eee 344 
Covered interval: sts aaneiye sericea ttrnte ieee tal cee 60 6 
Thin bedded, buff, argillaceous sandstones, which 
weather to thin shaly pieces, Taonurus................. 17 
Layers of massive, buff, argillaceous sandstone, Taonurus 
abunicamtcs cise ae Speer tee Eee Seen er Oo opening ete 24 
