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[[margin]] 4.59 [[/margin] Trip to Texas and Tennessee

1940

[[margin]] 7.94 [[/margin]]  Aug. 6 Left Washington 7 A. M. arrived Morristown, Tenn. 6 P. M. Central time.

[[margin]] 12.86 [[/margin]] Aug. 7 - left Morristown, Tenn. 6:50 A. M. arrived Memphis, Tenn. at 6:20 P. M.

[[margin]] 11.61 [[/margin]] Aug. 8 - Memphis to Little Rock, which was reached at 10: A. M. Had car greased & oil changed. Drove on to Mt. Vernon, Texas in rainstorm.

[[margin]] 11.62 [[/margin]] Aug. 9. Left Mt. Vernon 7:45 A. M. reached Fort Worth 12:30 P. M.

[[margin]] 0.85 [[/margin]] Aug. 10. Collected in Finis shale at two localities. 1. on each side of road 0.3 miles NE of intersection of the old Chico road with Wizard Wells road. and 2. on each side of hills from 1/2 - 1 mile north of locality 1. Intersection of Wizard Wells - Old Chico road is 3.2 miles east of Jacksboro Courthouse

Quite a question over name of this shale M. R. thinks it is upper Finis.

2. Hills 1/2 - 1 miles north of locality 1.

[[margin]] 2.22 [[/margin]] Aug. 11.  First locality visit was Finis shale along Rock Island RR about 0.2 mile east of bridge on Texas 199, 3.7 miles SE of Jacksboro.  Collecting good.  Also collected along base of hill 1/2 mile NE of above locality.

One half mile S of Chico - Jacksboro hy. (Texas 24), 5 miles NNE of Jacksboro Courthouse on old Gunter Ranch are extensive exposures of shale in Jacksboro ls.  Collecting good.  Upper bed abounds in [[underlined]] Fusulina [[/underlined]].

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