158 CHARLES S. PROSSER 



SECTION OF THE REED QUARRY COnti?tUed. 



Ft. Ft. 



6. Yellowish shale with plenty of Spirifer cameratus i j4 = 35 f 



5. Buff to yellowish limestone (not valuable) - - i — 34^ 



4. Black, bituminous shale .--.. 2 =33)^ 



3. Limestone quarried for building stone - - - ^ )4 — 3^ /4 



2. Greenish argillaceous shales . - . . 30zfc = 30 



I. Red shale, thickness undetermined. This stratum shows 

 in the village and also in a railroad cut aboVe it. 



The shaly yellowish limestone, No. 7, of this quarry con- 

 tains quite a number of fossils, especially in its lower part. 

 The following species were collected : 



Athyris {Seminuld) subtilita (Hall) Newb. (a). 

 Spirifer cameratus Morton (c). 

 Enteletes hemiplicatus (Hall) H. & C. (c). 

 Hypothyris {^Pugtiax) uta (Marcou) H. & C. (r). 

 Chonetes granulifera Owen (rr). 

 Productits longispimis Sowb. (rr). 

 Spirifer lineatus Martin (rr). 

 Spiriferina kentuckensis Shum. (rr). 

 Lop hop hy Hum pro lifer urn (McChes.) Meek (a). 



Ftisulina cylindrica Fischer. Abundant in some layers of the yellowish 

 ■shales (aa). 



Coral or sponge sp. Large, undetermined species (c.) 

 Chcetetes cf. carbonarius Worthen (r). 

 Crinoid stems (rr). 



The main quarry stone, No. 8, which is a very light gray 

 compact limestone, contains but few fossils, except Athyris siib- 

 tilata (Hall) Newb. Sections of this species, the interior of the 

 shells filled with calcite crystals, are not uncommon in the 

 limestone. In places there are cr3^stals of iron pyrites, some of 

 them large, that on weathering stain the stone as may be seen 

 in some of the buildings in Weeping Water. The following 

 species were collected in the massive limestone of the Reed 

 quarry : 



Athyris {Semimtla^ subtilita (Hall) Newb. (c). In the somewhat rough 

 partings and apparently in the massive limestone. 

 Pro ductus longispimis Sowb. (rr). 



