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stone Admire formation, Americus limestone, Elmdale forma- 

 tion, Neva limestone, and Eskridge shales. 



BURLINGAME LiMESTONE.^-The name Burlingame was 

 given to this limestone by Hall. It caps what is known as 

 the Burlmgame escarpment, and lies immediately above the 

 bcranton shales. 



OLPE SHALES/^These shales were named by Adams from a 

 htt e village by that name in the southern part of Lyon county 

 and IS used to designate the shales between the Burlingame and 

 Emporia limestones. 



Emporia LiMESTONE."_This name is applied by Kirk and 

 designates the limestone above the Olpe shales. They are de 

 scribed by Smith- as follows : 'Tassing up the bluff 75 feet at 

 Humphrey's ford, we find above the Burlingame limestone 9 

 feet of yellow and blue shales, 1 foot of limestone, 11 feet of 

 shales, 7 feet friable limestone which is overlaid in places with 

 a mass of excellently preserved specimens of Streptorhynchus 

 crimstria, 13* feet of blue and yellow shale calcareous in 

 places, 3 feet hard blue limestone with a seam 6 inches from the 

 top. This stone I have designated the Emporia Blue. The 

 6-inch top layer makes a good quality of flagstone, which is ex- 

 tensively used in Emporia. Above this is 4 feet of slaty shale 

 and another Ijard blue limestone agreeing paleontologically 

 and lithologically with the one below." 



Admire Formation.^^— The Admire formation was named 

 by Adams. As before, Prosser" quotes from Smith" and says 

 of this formation that its thickness is about 300 feet. 



Americus Limestone.^^— Haworth and Kirk named this the 

 Americus limestone on account of its exposure and the quarries 

 in it at that place. It lies just above the Admire formation. 



Elmdale Formation."— This is so named by Prosser and 

 Beede. It is exposed east of the town from which it takes its 

 name and occupies the space between the Americus limestone 

 below and the Neva limestone above. 



55. 

 56. 



Hall, John G., Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. I, p. 105, Lawrence, 1896 

 Adams, Dr. Geo. I., U. S. G. S. Bull. 211, p. 52, 1903. 



57. Kirk, M. Z., Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. I, p. 80, 1896. 



58. Smith, Alva J., Bull. Lyon Co. Geol., p. 2, 1902. 



59. Adams, Dr. Geo. I., U. S. G. S. Bull. 211, p. 53, 1903. 



60. Prosser, Dr. C. S., Jour. Geol., vol. X, p. 107. 



61. Smith, Alva J., Geol. of Lyon Co., p. 3, 1902. 



62. Kirk, M. Z., Kan. Univ. Geol. Surv., vol. I, p. 80, 1896. 



63. Prosser, Dr. C. S., & Beede, Dr. J. W., Jour. Geol., vol. X, No. 7, p. 708 



