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from the dip and exposure. Its slant surface measures 83 

 feet from top to bottom, and assuming the average dip to be 

 near 20 would make its thickness over 30 feet. This was 

 the nearest approximation that could be made from the 

 present data. But it is probable that a slide has occurred 

 here, that the upper part of the bed at least has doubled on 

 the lower part. If this has not taken place, the difference 

 in dip in different parts of the bed, and the apparent dupli- 

 cation of certain strata of ore, must be left wholly without 

 explanation. 



This is a most valuable bed of ore, not only from its great 

 bulk, but it carries some ore of superior grade to any here- 

 tofore found in this bed. Then its position near the base of 

 the mountasn makes it so accessible as to add greatly to its 

 value. Its position here is a little below its normal place, 

 probably caused by the fault referred to. Half a mile or 

 more farther down the mountain it was seen at a somewhat 

 higher level. There has been a slight downward flexure 

 near the main exposure of the bed, but the amount of it is 

 not great. This bed probably extends for a mile or more up 

 the valley. The shape of the slope or bench above the top 

 of the Trenton almost gives assurance of its extension that 

 far. As has been heretofore observed, a bench in the Clin- 

 ton, immediately above the Trenton, may be regarded as 

 indicating the presence of this bed. Should this observation 

 be fully verified, large and extensive bodies of ore will yet 

 be found which are not thought of now, and the value of the 

 Clinton formation will be much increased. 



Opposite Village Springs, in the Southern part of Sect. 28, 

 Village Creek cuts through the Red Mountain. The two ore 

 beds, 1st and 5th, were seen cropping out at the end next 

 the creek. Neither of them seemed to carry as much or as 

 good ore as farther up the mountain. But their relative 

 positions are of much Geological interest. They ore now 

 the only beds in the Clinton. The top and the bottom ones 

 of the series. For the others there is now no place. They, 

 and their associated strata, have either disappeared, or been 

 absorbed in the body of the iron limestone. Will they re-ap- 



