Box 15, Folder 1: Geolog - Notes 1868

21

Illinois Central Rail Road

From Wilbers Geol. Map Illinois

At Freeport 185 ft Ab. L. Mich

Pecatonica 186

Eleroy 328

Lena 385

Nora 430

Warren 431

Law's Cut 465

Scales Mound 368

Council Hill 150

Galena 27

Menomonee 32

Dunleath 35

Low Water Mississippi at Dubuque 11.

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Council Hill - Illinois

Rail Road Station 150

Top of Hill N.W. from station 200

Top of 1st Most Western Shaft (105 ft deep) 215

At Council Hill (village) 345

do at Mines 321

Top of Blue Limestone (about) 105

" Upper Sandstone (") 55

See Notebook 1864 p 34

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Beloit + Madison R Road

At Beloit (slalion [station]) 162

Afton 180

R R Crossing 202

Footville 238

Evansville 325

" surface of ground 335

" " race 323

Creek at Station 1295 299

Magnolia Ridge Sla 1689 401

Rock river at Beloit 150 ft -

Top of Sandstone near Afton 200

" at Magnolia ridge 366

" Juda about 294

" 3m W. of Clarence " 274

" Monteray (Janesville) 202 = u

" Above Janesville 227 = u

" 3 Lake 262 = u

[pen sketch]

10 ft

At

Limestone 20 ft } Magnolia

366A Ridge

sandston [sandstone] 10 ft

Summit on Sta Sec 24 T 5 R 9 455

SW corner 19- 3 - 11 0 400

Magnolia Ridge Sec 24 T 3 R 10 396

Allens Creek " 35 " 4 " 10 296

Summit, Oregon, " 24 "5 " 9 451

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Southern Wisconsin R Road

River At Janesville 222 A.

Surface of Bass Creek (Sec 14 T 2 R 11 E) 201

" Creek 7 " 2 " 10 218

" Sugar River 26 2 9 194

At Juda 1 2 8 230

Near Monroe 500

Surf. Pecatonica 7 1 6 196

do 2 1 4 206

" Galena River 15 1 - 1 E 156

on 31 2 1 W 422

Mipipippi [Mississippi] River at Mouth of the Platte 13 -

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Aztalan

[pen sketch]

Drift

Yellow Limestone 15 ft

Blue Limestone 20 ft

West Branch

Rock River

Upper Sandstone

(60 ft or more)

[pen sketch]

At Clinton on the Koshkonong

Yellow Limestone

(Buff?) Fucoids

Dam 10 ft

sandstone

[pen sketch]

Soft yellow Limestone with lead

At Exeter

Mo Green County.

Blue Limeston [Limestone]

Hard Yellow L.

sandstone

[pen sketch]

Sandstone Capped by Limeslone [Limestone]

8 miles N. of Monroe

25

on Section 12

T. 4 R 12, north side of the river

[pen sketch]

Limestone

20 ft

Foot of 195 A.

Lake 12 Sandslon [Sandstone]

Keshkonong

2 miles above Janesville

July 1848

[pen sketch]

Limestone

20 ft

212A.

Hard Yellow Sandstn [Sandstone] 1 1/2

Green Sandstn [Sandstone] 4 ft

Red + White Sandstone

30 ft

176A

[pen sketch]

yellow

At Miltimore's Quarry

Grey 13 ft below Janesville

6 ft Blue Sept 28. 1865

8 ft Buff

u = 202 A

Upper Sandstone 15 ft

[pen sketch]

At Janesville

Oolitic

- small crystals of

limestone

lead ore (galena)

15 ft sandstone