Washington County Sec 1, T. 3 S, R. 2 E.

5 miles W. of Washington on U.S. 36 Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, April 17, 1940 Remarks: Composite of three pits

Unit No. Description Thickness ft. 6 RESIDUAL 1.0 5 SILT to SILTY CLAY--light gray 1.5 4 SILT to VERY FINE SANDSTONE--gray to buff 1.5 3 CLAY--plastic, gray with a considerable amount of buff and light gray silt, slight yellow stain, a thin sandstone bed at bottom 2.8 2 CLAY--plastic, gray with some irregular yellow stain, leaf fossils, some lignite particles with small smount of gypsum, black, hard chinks and short seams of material which is probably lignite or MnO2, lower part, gray with yellow stain abundant leaf fossils 4.2-6.8 1 CLAY--silty, gray with some irregular silty to sandy streaks and buff stains, contains a few limonitic concretions with some gypsum 5.9-8.5

5 miles W. of Washington on U.S. 36 Measured by N. Plummer and J.F. Romary, April 17, 1940 Remarks: Composite of five pits

Unit No. Description Thickness ft. 6 RESIDUAL 1.0 5 CLAY--fairly plastic, light gray with red mottling toward top and yellow toward bottom, has some lavender 5.0 4 CLAY--slightly silty to plastic, light gray with some yellow joint stain, where it is not weathered it has pronounced conchoidal fracture, slight amount of lignite 7.7-10.7 3 CLAY--plastic, gray with considerable amount of yellow stain, irregular in thickness to missing; some lignite 0-2.2 2 CLAY--plastic, gray, with slight yellow stain, pronounced conchoidal fracture, contains lignite particles and leaf fossils 4.7-5.5 1 CLAY--fairly plastic with very little stain, rather dark gray, comes out in thin shells on bedding planes 5.6   SANDSTONE occurs in the bottom