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occurring between the ‘‘argillaceous slaty rock, or shale stratum,” 
now known as the Ohio shale, and the ‘‘conglomerate’’ which 
lies at the base of the Coal-measures. 
In Dr. Orton’s description of the geology of Pike county, he 
termed the shales between the top of the Ohio black slate and 
the base of the higher massive sandstones the Waverly shales,’ 
a name apparently proposed by him; while the sandstone which 
is now known to be the continuation of the Berea of northern 
Ohio, was named the Waverly quarry system.’ 
The old Waverly quarries, formerly operated by Emmett, 
were mainly on the road toward Pee Pee, and are no longer 
actively worked. The same sandstone, however, is now quarried 
along the line of the Ohio Southern railroad up to the Crooked 
Creek valley to the northwest of Waverly. One of the nearest 
quarries to Waverly is that of the Southern Ohio Stone Co., on 
the Ohio Southern railroad, 1% miles above the Waverly station, 
or about 2 miles up the Farmersville pike, northwest of Waverly. 
This quarry has been open some seventeen vears, and for a time 
was worked by the railroad company. The detailed section of 
the Berea sandstone in this quarry is given below. 
SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN OHIO STONE COMPANY QUARRY. 
Total 
Thickness thickness 
No. : feet, feet. 
14. Sunbury black shale, 2 feet shown in pit above the top of the 
quarry - - - - - - - - - - =a 2 65 
13. Covered interval of I foot 2 inches - - - - - Se 0B 63 
12. Thin-bedded sandstone at the top of the Berea sandstone - =e 612 
11. Rather thin sandstone on quarry face, but thickens under cover, 
and will make quarry stone - .- - - - - - - 5 
10. Bridge stone, 22-inch stratum - - - - - - - «18 542 
9. Shaly to thin-bedded sandstone - - - - - ee 8} 
8. Good sandstone in three layers, upper course 12 inches, middle 
one 18 inches, lower 15 inches 2 2 - - - - 3% 50 
7. Shaly sandstone - - - - - - - - - Ips 46% 
6. Good sandstone — -- - sn - - - - =) Salye 44% 
5. Shaly layers to thin-bedded sandstone; but the greater part of 
the stratum is concretionary with some shale —the ‘“ bowlder 
layer” of the quarry men - - - - - - =20 43 
* Rept. Geol. Surv. Ohio, Vol. Il, Pt. I, 1874, p. 619. 2 Joid., p. 621. 
