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II) is absent, having been traced from Sciotoville to the northern 

 exposures in Wayne county." 1 Conglomerate No. I seems less 

 persistent than No. II, but below the freestone there are gen- 

 erally thick shales, so that the base of the formation is quite dis- 

 tinct stratigraphically. 



In the vicinity of Hanover and in the gorge of the Licking 

 River at Black Hand are excellent exposures of the conglom- 

 erate phase of the formation. Below Hanover, on the western 



Fig. 3. — Ledge of Black Hand conglomerate below Hanover. 



side of Rocky Fork, is a fine cliff of the conglomerate 80 feet 

 high, which is shown in Fig. 3, while apparently its top, as 

 shown by partial exposures in the field above the brow of the 

 cliff, is some 35 feet higher. Professor Hicks gave the thick- 

 ness of the Black Hand conglomerate at Hanover as from 85 

 to go feet, 2 and Professor Herrick reported that in the region 

 about Clay Lick station, in Hanover township, "is a great 

 development of the conglomeratic phase of the Waverly. One 

 half mile east of Clay Lick there is a nearly continuous exposure 

 of about 100 feet of alternating conglomerate and coarse sand- 

 stone of prevailingly red color." 3 



1 Bull. Geol. Soc. America, Vol. II, 1891, p. 38. 



12 Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., Vol. XVI, 1878, p. 217. 



3 Bull. Sci. Lab. Denison Univ., Vol. II, 1887, p, 15. 



