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Good section of Beech River with fossils in hill a mile north of the mills. collected here. Several small crinoids are common with an occasional Troostoesius[[guess]]

Just SW of schoolhouse one mile west of Houston the rocks have been blasted out for the road. Just NE of the school is about 10 feet of massive limestone abounding in brachiopods, which is overlain by the Hardin. The fill of blasted material unfortunately has either been picked or is not very fossiliferous.

Oct. 2 - Went up to Short Creek north of Lego school. Thought it hopeless to try and find Foerste's locality for Conchidium. Went up old road north of Short Creek and found a glade showing about lower 5' of Beech River and its contact with the Dixon. The whitish clay at base of Beech River was well exposed but had few fossils. Above Beech River exposures are poor but upper 35' of Silurian is exposed below the Hardin. It is massive heavy, bedded xline ls. 

Visited Misers locality 121 opposite Lego. This was exactly like the one above. Fossils can be cracked out of the xline ls.

Went 1/2 mile N of Whiteoak School corners to Miser Conchidium ledge. Opposite first house on West side of road just 1/2 mile north of the corners at the school an old road goes east into the woods. This road goes over rotten xline ls and shaley beds abounding in corals and bryozoa. About 100 yards from auto road old road branches, one branch going to the NE (left) up the hill. This branch of the road crosses the Conchidium ledge which may be followed to the NW around the hill for some distance. I make

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