530 DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY 
Meek was governed by the features of the country, and the occasional occurrence 
of loose masses of F. 2 scattered over the surface. It was, however, seen in place 
on both shores of Missouri Creek, also in Sections 4 and 33. 
In Township 26 north, Range 15 west, F. 2 was observed on both sides of a small 
stream which runs through Section 2, and in Sections 33 and 34, loose masses of 
this formation were found near the summits of the hills. In the latter section, 
this rock was also found in place on the southeast corner, at several points, but 
did not attain to any considerable altitude. On the north side of Section 1, loose 
masses were again observed, and in the northwest corner of Section 2 it was seen 
in place on a small creek, reposing on F.1. In Sections 3, 24, 13, and 23, the 
Lower Magnesian Limestone was also observed in place. 
On Section 36, Township 27 north, Range 15 west, F. 2 occurs on both sides of 
the L’eau Gallée River, near the tops of the highest hills. In Section 35, it was 
seen on the west side, and the northeast and southeast corners. In the former it 
is somewhat cherty. In Section 34, large loose masses of F. 2 were found scattered 
over a hill in the northeast corner. In Section 26, near the top of a hill, two hun- 
dred and seventy-three feet in height, in the southwest corner, these rocks were 
seen in large loose masses, somewhat cherty; but it could not be ascertained how 
much of the hill was composed of F. 2. In Section 27, loose masses, similar 
to those in Section 26, were noticed near the summits of the hills, on both sides 
of the river. In Sections 22 and 26, the Lower Magnesian Limestone was ob- 
served on the west side of the river; and in Section 16, these rocks were found 
to occur on both sides. Near the south part of this section, and on the east side 
of the river, there are hills two hundred and seventy-five feet in height, near the 
summits of which the Lower Magnesian Limestone was exposed in thick beds. In 
Section 8, the rocks were seen on either shore of the river for the whole distance that 
it traverses the section; and in the northwest corner, the hills attained to the height 
of two hundred and forty feet, with an exposure of about twenty feet of F. 2 at 
the summit. In the northeast corner of Section 7, the hills are crowned with loose 
masses of magnesian limestone, with an occasional exposure of this rock in 
place. In Section 6, loose masses were seen towards the summits of the hills on 
the west side of the river, for the entire distance that it courses through the 
section; and at a few points the rocks were seen in situ, forming, however, only 
low ledges, about twenty feet in height. The upper beds of the formation were not 
observed anywhere in the township, the middle or cherty members being alone 
exposed. They are not, however, so cherty as the equivalent strata on Rush 
River. 
None of the beds of F. 1 were exposed in the township, though from the rounded 
outline of the hills, and the gentle character of the slopes, it is quite probable that 
this formation constitutes the underlying rock throughout its greater portion. 
Along the eastern branch of L’eau Gallée River, F.2 was exposed at various points, 
and was found to extend as high up the stream as Sections 10 and 11. 
From previous examinations, made by the different members of the Geological 
Corps, with reference to the lithological appearance of the beds of F. 2 which were 
lead-bearing, it was ascertained that where the strata were much broken and tra- 
