﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  

  

  271 
  

  

  82' 
  Dark 
  brown 
  and 
  grayish 
  bituminous 
  shale, 
  quite 
  soft, 
  

   with 
  joints 
  numerous, 
  and 
  considerable 
  gas. 
  The 
  few 
  fossils 
  

   that 
  occur 
  are 
  distributed 
  quite 
  evenly 
  through 
  the 
  bed, 
  

   except 
  that 
  Cho?tetes 
  mucronata 
  and 
  Liorhynchus 
  limitaris 
  

   are 
  very 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  toward 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  other 
  

   species 
  found 
  are 
  ijhonetes 
  lepida, 
  Ambocoelia 
  umbonata, 
  

   Goniatites 
  uniangularis, 
  Orthoceras 
  exile, 
  Heller 
  ophon 
  Leda, 
  

   Pleurotomaria 
  rugulata, 
  Modiella 
  pygmcea, 
  Cardiola 
  Doris 
  f 
  

   Paneyika 
  sp.f 
  Styliolina 
  Jissurella, 
  fragment 
  of 
  small 
  crinoid 
  

   columns 
  at 
  748, 
  a 
  minute 
  bryozoan 
  at 
  735, 
  and 
  unidentified 
  

   plant 
  remains. 
  

  

  