Kent Smith cutting up the Cystoid layer. We have developed a technique that frees up the pinching problem that we run into when we try to split un-weathered shale. By cutting along the back edge of our dig spot, the shale comes up in larger sections without breaking into small pieces and possibly breaking a specimen.

This is Paul Chinnici digging a section of the Cystoid layer. Along the edge of the dark area in front of Paul, an Arctinurus, a Lyriocrinus 
and 2 Caryocrinites were found. 

Gene Thomas is hard at work searching for Calymene niagarensis in the cap layer of the Cystoid horizon.