Box 14,Folder 15: Fossils 1865-1870

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Plan of the Coal Mine at Fairbury Illinois, By I.A.Lapham. 1865.

a. The shaft. b. Fire, for ventillation. c. Entries. d Pillars of coal, left to support the roof. e. Rooms, or spaces from which coal has been removed. Shaft

Scale 100 feet to an inch.

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[N, S, E, and W indicated on the page]

Pillars 15 feet wide Entries ["Entries" is underlined] 6 feet wide

Rooms all 88 or 90 feet by 22

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Coal Mine of J.L. Marsh near Fairbury // Illinois March 24th 1865

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5 Gasteropoda ["5 Gasteropoda" is underlined] 59— 92— near Trocholites ammonius Conrad (Hall) [James Hall Jr. (September 12, 1811 – August 7, 1898) was an American geologist and paleontologist.] 94 Platyostoma hemispherica Hall 2 p 288 ["Platyostoma hemispherica Hall 2 p 288" written in pencil] 97- Platyostoma Niagarensis Hall 101 — Undulated or ribbed // Trochoceras Desplanensis McChesney. ["Trochoceras Desplanensis McChesney." written in pencil] [Joseph H. McChesney, a geologist and paleontologist associated with the Illinois State Geological Survey.] // do 102 — 131 - Platyostoma Niagarensis - (small of No 97) 132 Murchisonia subulata ?

6. Cephalopoda "6. Cephalopoda" is underlined] 76 77 — same as 83 Orthocerus ? 83 - same as 77 86 - Orthocerus (conical) [check mark written in pencil] 87 — Orthocerus undulatum Hesinger 88 —— " 99 — Orthocera undulatum 111 - " 135 — " 136 — 168 - Orthocerus (conical) (N Sp?) 169 — Cyrtoceras

7 Trilobites ["7 Trilobites" is underlined] [check mark written in pencil] 43 — Burnastis Barriensis Murch [Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (22 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system.] [check mark written in pencil] 60 — sphoeroxocus? 100 — Ceraurus insignis 133 — Burnastis Barriensis Murchison 134 -

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Fossils of the Niagara Limestone at Milwaukee ["Fossils of the Niagara Limestone at Milwaukee" is underlined] / 1 W-Sent to Worther [?; "W-Sent to Worther" written in pencil] [1854?] ["[1854?]" written in pencil]

1 Corals ["1 Corals" underlined three times] [check mark written in pencil] 1 W ["W" written in pencil] Favosites favosa Hall. 2p 126 [James Hall Jr. (September 12, 1811 – August 7, 1898) was an American geologist and paleontologist.] [check mark written in pencil] 2 " (small cells) [check mark written in pencil] 3 W ["W" written in pencil] " (radiated - partitions thick) (same as 89) 4 " irregular mass of cells [check mark written in pencil] 5 W ["W" written in pencil] Halysites catenularia Linn [Linnaeus] // Cateniposa escharoides } Hall ["Cateniposa escharoides } Hall" crossed out] -2 p 129 5 (b) ["()" written in pencil] " agglomerata ["agglomerata" crossed out in pencil] Hall [check mark written in pencil] 6 W ["W" written in pencil] Heliolites macristylis Hall [check mark written in pencil] 7 W Columnaria ?["W" and "Columnaria? written in pencil] 8 W ["W" written in pencil] Heliolites pyriformis Hall 9 - same 10 - [check mark written in pencil] 10 (b)W ["()" and "W" written in pencil] [check mark written in pencil] 11 W ["W" written in pencil] Diplophyllum coespitosum Hall -(same as 84) [check mark written in pencil] 12 W ["W" written in pencil] [check mark written in pencil] 71 - 71 (b) ["()" written in pencil] 71 (c) ["()" written in pencil] [check mark written in pencil] 75 W ["W" written in pencil] Fenestella 79 Favosite (same as No 3?) 80 Caryocrinus ornatus? ["80 Caryocrinus ornatus?" crossed out] 81 near Cyathophyllum [check mark written in pencil] 84 W ["W" written in pencil; 84 W circled in pencil] Diplophyllum coespitosus Hall (same as 11) [check mark written in pencil] 85 W ["W" written in pencil] Polydiplasma 89 Favosites - (near No 3) [check mark written in pencil] 98 W ["W" written in pencil] Favosites Niagarensis Hall 107 W ["W" written in pencil] Heliolites pryriformis Hall ! (same as 8 & 9) [check mark written in pencil] 108 W ["W" written in pencil] Stromatopora concentrica Goldfus (same as 123) [Georg August Goldfuss (Goldfuß, 18 April 1782 – 2 October 1848) was a German paleontologist, zoologist and botanist.] 109 Fenestella 118 119 120 121 122 123 W ["W" written in pencil] Stromatopora concentrica Goldfus (same as 108)