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Three and onv fouitli miles w. n. w. of West Fulton in school 

 district no. 7 the main hranch of I'anther creek turns sharply to 

 the north; but the section follows the hi<ih\vay toward Summit 

 and the smaller branch of the creek uj) the hill to the west. Some 

 490 feet higher than West Fulton, on the south side of the road 

 after crossing the west branch of Panther creek and passing the 

 road on which the schoolhouse is located, are (juite thin, bluish, 

 argillaceous shales (C-) certain layers of which contain abundant 

 specimens of the very mucronate form of S j) i r i f e r m u c r o - 

 natusK'on.) Bill, associated with (Mionetes c o r o n a t u s 

 (Con.) Hall. These shales are clearly in the Hamilton fornui- 

 tion. The following species were collected: 



1 Chonetes coroiiatiis (Con.) Hall a 



2 Spirifer imicronatns (Con.) Bill, a 



3 Cyrtina haniiltoiieiisls Hall rr 



4 Cainarotooelna coiigregata (Con.) H. d- C. rr 



5 MatTodon bamiltoniae Hall (V) rr 



Imperfectlj' preserved. 



6 Orthoiiota imdiilata Con. rr 



7 Prothyris lanceolata Hall vv 



For 50 feet the hillside is covered, when another outcrop of 

 coarser and more arenaceous shales (C*\) are reached which also 

 contain abundant Hamilton fossils. The shales are capi)ed by 

 very thin bedded, even sandstones and the zone is clearly in the 

 Hamilton. 



1 Spirifer granulosus (Con.) H. d- C. rr 



2 S. aiKlaciihis (Con.) H. d C. c 



3 CamarotocK'hia eongrogata (Con.) H. d C. c 



4 Pteiinea flabellnni {Con.) Hall rr 



5 Liopteria bigsbyi Hall (?) r 



Broken and poorly preserved. 



On the hillside 55 feet above C^, or approximately 595 feet 

 higher than West Fulton, are thin, bluish gra^' sandstones (C"^^ 

 in which a few fossils occur. This ledge is about on a level with 

 the small cemetery on the north side of the road, and is ai)par- 

 ently in the Hamilton formation. 40 feet higher is a ledge of 

 thin bedded, bluish gray sandstone five feet in thickness. A little 

 below this stratum are loose fossils which seem to have come from 

 this outcrop and apparently show its Hamilton age. At the edge 

 of the woods on the south side of the road are ledges of rather 

 coarse gi*ained, thin bedded, grayish sandstone (0^). There are 

 from 15 to 20 feet of these sandstones exposed, which a]>i)arently 

 occur on the north side of the road at a little higluM' elevation. 

 No fossils were found except plant stems; but there are numerous 

 clay j>ebbl(^s in some of the layers. This zone is probably near 

 tlie dividing line betwcH'u the Hamilton and Sherburne forma- 

 tions and it is a matter of some uncertainty to which formation 



