EARLE, INTERBEDDED IRON ORE DEPOSITS 147 



Clinton (317 and 216, p. 29) : 



^ ' r / Pgg^ Inches 



Sandstone, calcareous, thin shale at bottom 50 



Red flux bed. shale partings 6 



Sandstone, very calcareous, with small seams of 



iron 6 



Shale 15 



Oolitic ore 25^0 



Shale, merely a parting 2 



OiUitic ore 1 



Shale, with some sandstone 100 



NOVA SCOTIA 



The same artesian strata are found in Nova Scotia. It is uncertain 

 that these ores are Clinton, but they are called Clinton by several writers, 

 and until they are more accurately placed, they will be referred to as 

 Clinton ores. 



Baker Xo. 1, Pit 10 (South Side) (356, p. 71) : 



^ / ' I / pgp^ Inches 



Ore 10 



Slate 2 10 



Ore 4 



Slate 2 6 



Ore 7 



Slate 1 6 



Ore 2 3 



Slate 3 3 



Ore 6 



Leekie A'ein, Pit No. 24 (356, p. 80) : 



Feet Inches 



Green soft slate 1 



Ore 1 



Slate 1 3 



Ore 6 



Green soft slate 



Artesian Conditions in the Clinton Deposits 



A close examination of a hundred or more ore seams, distributed from 

 Birmingham. Alabama, to Eochester, New York, has been made by the 

 writer, and in practically every case structures were found that woiild 

 favor excellent artesian conditions. Beside the seams personally exam- 

 ined, practically all available literature that contained sections of Clinton 

 deposits (and including some unpublished manuscripts also containing 

 sections) has been carefully examined, with the same result in nearly 

 every case. Out of more than eighty sections in Alabama alone, seventy- 



