352 CHARLES S. PROSSER 
in the weathered, loose shales at the foot of the cliff. In the summer 
of 1912, when this locality was last visited, the river was high so 
that one could not follow along its lower bank. When it was 
visited in 1903 it was noted that the western bank shows several 
small anticlinal and synclinal folds. At a point about opposite 
the street running west there are 53 ft. of black, slaty shale, appar- 
ently all Cleveland, capped by 4 ft. of drift. At the northern end 
of the cliff near the base it was stated that two layers of micaceous 
sandstone are brought up, and above these in black shale are at 
least two bands of soft, olive, argillaceous shale from 2 to 3 in. 
thick. The lower olive band is about 6 ft. above the upper sand- 
stone stratum. These bands of olive shale are stratigraphically 
below the base of the 53-ft. bank of black shale and at the northern 
end of the cliff perhaps to ft. of shale stratigraphically lower than 
the 53-ft. bank are shown. 
SHORE OF LAKE ERIE FROM LAKE BREEZE HOUSE TO EAGLE CLIFF 
VILLAGE 
Section near Lake Breeze House.—The lake shore east of the 
mouth of Black River for nearly 4 miles is said to be composed of 
drift and soil. Below the grounds of the old Lake Breeze House 
shales and sandstones appear and the lake shore from this locality 
eastward is called ‘“‘iron-bound,” on account of the general presence 
of rock cliffs. The following section was measured on the cliff east 
of the Lake Breeze House grounds and below the brick school- 
house in Sheffield Township: 
SECTION East oF LAKE BREEZE HOUSE 
THICKNESS mee 
Ft. In. Ft. In. 
14sbowlder claystostop on clitieny a eae Io+ .. 15 5 
13. Black, bituminous shale which on weathering 
splits up into thin laminae; the edges are rusty 
with efflorescence of sulphate of iron (melan- 
tenite Kes O07, (15 ©) aaa rae ane 2 10 5 3 
£2. Solt, gray, areillaceous shales. ean eee a I 2 & 
Ti) Blueshard.sandyashale ania ee ae as 1+ 2 4 
10:|‘Soft, gray Shaleusevei seg icy ah nai! ae I— 2 3 
9. Blue, compact, very fine-grained sandstone, 
from 4 to 5 in. thick. Fossil fish in black shale 
below thisisandstone san eee ee iD 43 2° 2 
