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Meekella striato-costata (Cox) White & St. John (rr). 

 Lophophyllum proliferiun (McChes.) Meek (rr). 

 Pleurotomaria sp. Small and imperfectly preserved (rr). 

 Crinoid stems. Some flint with iron in the limestones (rr). 



This massive limestone, which from its great prominence in 

 the vicinity of Weeping Water might be termed the Weeping 

 Water limestone,' may be followed in the bluffs for three miles 

 above Weeping Water. At the turn in the highway on the north 

 side of the creek about halfway between Weeping Water and 

 Wabash is the last exposure of the Weeping Water stone that 

 was seen. The limestone at this locality is a light gray massive 

 one that weathers to a whitish color, and closely resembles the 

 heavy ledge in the vicinity of Weeping Water. Below are yel- 

 lowish, shaly limestones with abundant specimens of Fusidma 

 cylindrica Fischer, the same as in the Reed quarry. Estimated 

 from one barometric reading, the elevation of the base of the 

 above limestone is i i8o feet A. T., and as the base, in the Reed 

 quarry, three and one-half miles to the east, is ii66 feet there 

 is a dip of four feet per mile to the east. At this place the fol- 

 lowing species were collected from the Weeping Water lime- 

 stone : 



Athyris {Se7ninuld) subtilita {Hall) Newb. (c). 

 Productus longispinus Sowb. (c). 

 Hypothyris {Pugnax) uta {Marcoii) H. & C. (rr). 

 Pfodnctus pertetiuis Meek (rr). 



Meekella striata costata (Cox) White & St. John (rr). Very imperfect 

 specimen. 



Dr. Hayden briefly described the Weeping Water stone as a 

 "limestone, hard, whitish, and yellowish white; cropping out 

 at the summits of the hills, and lying on the slopes in large 

 masses eight to ten feet thick, "^ accompanied by a rather gen- 

 eral section of the bluff. He also described the following shaft 

 beginning in the Weeping W^ater valley near creek level : 



'This is not intended as a formation name, but is merely used for convenience in 

 speaking of this limestone stratum. 

 ' Loc. cit., p. 14. 



