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Most of the finished product at Lynnville Mine isshipped by rail to two electric..generating plants ownedand operated by Indianapolis Power and Light andSouthern lndiana Gas and Electric Go. A small portionof the coal is haused by truck to the Louisville CementCo. plant at Speed, Indiana.The Springfield Coal Member of the PetersburgFormation (fig. IN-2) averages 4 PQ 5 feet (1.2 ta1.5 m) in thickness in this pit, which is about averagefor the Springfield Coal in Indiana (Coal Group, 1939).The overburden in the Eby Pit consists of the lowerDugger Formation overlain by a few feet of illinaimtill. The Dugger Formation ranges in thickness fromto 160 feet (26 to 49 rn) in Warrick County; hence,about one-half to two-thirds of the Dugger can be seenin the Eby Pit where the highwall stands at itsmaximum.The Eby Pit lies about 1 to 1.5 miles (1.6 to2.4 km) north of a 1- to 2-mile wide belt where sedimentsof a distributary channel system mapped andon Eggert (in preparation) partially orcompletely replace thethough a more or less typical sequence of $ewer Duggerrocks is present in the Eby Pit area, anomalous grayshale, gray sandy shale, and sandstone are present inthe lowest part of the ugger, often at the expense ofthe black fissile shale which normally forms the basalunit of the Dugger and the Alum Cave bi mestone Member.Numerous shale partings in the Springfield coal inthe Eby Pit area and just to the south sf it also evidencethe proximity of the contemporaneous bistributarysystem.Drilling records in the E area and close to itshow an average ofm) of black fissileshale directly overlying the Springfield Coal Member.To the south and east of the pit area, however, grayshale is commonly present between the coal and theblack fissile shale.The occurrence of the Alum Cave Limestone Member(fig. IN-2) is irregular in the Eby Pit area. Wherepresent, the Alum Cave directly overlies the black fissileshale or is separated from it by a few feet of grayshale. The Alum Cave is finely crystalline, argillaceousand silty, fossil iferous l imestone in sections near theEby Pit.Drilling logs show that tine uclttown Coal Member(Vb) is present to the north and east of the EbyPit. A black fissile shale a few feet above the AlumCave Limestone Member may represent theCoal Member.42.4 Reboard bus at the main office of the LynnvilleMine and proceed east on the mine entranceroad.44.8 Intersection of rnine entrance road and IndianaRoute 61; turn left (north) on Indiana 61.oute 61 interchange with Interstate64; turn right (east) on 8-64.46.4 Good cross-sectional viw oJi 5poiI banks !eftafter area mining of the Dansjriile and k-iyn-eraCoal Members tcs the right (south). This areawas mined in the late 1940s and early 1inal-cut highwall where The Dai-avFiBeymera Coal Members vvere mined to ther lg h t (south). interbedded si9 tstones andshales of "che lower SheBburn Formation areexposed in this highvvall.7.$ Crossing north end of theCorporation's S~nlof the basal Sheibkssimilar ta those swrr at mileagenville and t-iy mera Cg~a! Membersarea-mlnezf ts their crop line at this point.The Providence Limestone Member: of theorn~ation (fig, iM-2) was quarried ata site about 'I -2 miks (1-9 krn) south-ssuthwestof here. A section at this quarry measuredby Harold L. Deane recards 5.2 feel(1.6 rn) of nledium-gray, fineDy crystalline,massive limestone Enterbedded with dark-gray,clastic, argi!laceous, very cherty !irnesrone.Sp ir if ero id brachiopmds, Tstradium, andbryozoans were found.48.9 Abandoned highwall of Old Bwr1 Coal Corno.1 iViine, Lsg Creek Field. to the(north). About 90 feel. 127 rn) of theger Formatian was removed here to mineSpringfield Coal Member. The area ts theLog Creek FieEd for pwtwre and hay fields,forest land, and row crops,49.6 A resistant massive saa7dstc~ne of the DaiiggerFormation can be seen in "te exposed portionof the final-cutthe black fissika!! "e the right (south);caicareow shale (A?UIPT~and silts torte vvhicksssiw sandstone areeve1 en the pi%. Thewas rnir-zed here inu rnse8.9 Caal Corpsr-51.2 The sandstone exposed in fk~e Sinai-@eat higheabandoned 1-eer~a~~seh Coal Gorporo.13 Pit to the right (south) liesS above the base of theugger Formation, according to a sectionwhen this mine was active. The Bue:%c.%oawnVbj lies about 20 feet (6.1 m)of the sandstone and is undert(3 rn) of interbedded sandandshale, 1 to 1.5 feet (.3 te,as shale and dark gray argilcomprisivlgh e Alum CaveLimestone Member, 2 Feet (-6 n-r% of grayshale, and 1 foot 6.3 rn) sf b&a& fissik shaie.The Springfield Coal Mee~~ber of 1burg Formation is 3 feet I. rn) chick and is atthe base sf this section.52.0 The sequence of emits of tl-sc Bower DaggerFormation exposed En the final-cut highwall
is similar to that exposed in highwall of theo. 13 Pit at mileage 51.2, but here theI Member is clearly visible about 15m) above road level (fig. 1e A1urr1 Gave Limestone Member isexposed at the base of this higklwali about 25m) south of the road.E crosses over 8-64.line of the Survant Coal Member(1'8/), uppermost member of the Lintonmation, is located in the hill north of I-this point.Crossing the approximate position of the cropof the Seelyville Coal Member I$!!), uppermostmember in the Staunton Formation and1-1 N1-1BLACKT O N \\C~CRClS5BFESHALEY LIMESTONEFISSILE SHALLCOALF!q WYY UNDERCLAYr?/ LENTICULARLENSES1 6; RCoT5->CURRENTSPLAM FOSSILSwere already two towns with that name in thestate, the name was changed toert Dale Owen of ew Harmony, whowas congressman at the time of the nameFigure IN-3.- L5 MBRExposure of part of she Dugyer Formationat Day 7 , mileage 52.8.Enter kincoin City.Cross railroad tracks,Junction of Indianaright (south) on IndLincoln Boyhoodpioneer spirit, and his hysical attributes-talland lanky but powerfrs body--attracted manyfriends and carried hi rn through short-livedcareers as a rail splitter, flatboatman, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor, and blacksmith.At twenty-one, he moved withIllinois where he iater passed .fexam through self stred psiitics, and inis rise thro~gh fieurnble beginnings to greatness became aiegend, which grew to almost mythical proportionsafter his death by an assassin's beflietin 1885 during the second term of his presi-A year later his father, Thomas, returned toKentucky and marriedwidow with three children, who raised thetwo Lincoln children along with her own andwho is credited with having a strong influenceon Abraham's Pife. His penchant for educationis remarkable considering that: both parentswere illiterate? and fsrrnd schs08ing wasscarcely available. His skills as a mimic andstory teller, his shrewd native intelligence andis along the eastern edge of "the WabashLowland.Junction of Indiana s 162 and 345; turnleft (west) on IndianFIELD TRIP 9IWOA
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SoilSandy shaleShale, carbonaceousC
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south rim of Eagle Valley Syncline
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Figure 11-1 3.Extensively cross-bed
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Leave Stop 28.Intersection with acc
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weathering. Heavy minerals are stab
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NO Anvil RockApproximate areaof Sto
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Figure IL-23. Old Slave House on Hi
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Surface mining in this area removed
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ThicknessIm)lft)Sandstone; thin and
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Figure I L-36.Large-scale planar cr
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Abbott and Caseyville formations, U
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FaciesAbandoneddistributarychannelA
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Glacial drift. Undifferentiated, gr
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Table 1 L-1 . Description of strata
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WELawsonShaleMbr. \BreretonLimeston
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Harrisburg (No. 5) CoalIApproximate
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Table I L-2. Characteristics and in
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