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No. 9, of section above (150 U. C. M.), caps the Missouri Bluffs at most 

 places in Buchanan County, Mo. , and affords the principal rock used for founda- 

 tions at St. Joseph, and also extensively burned into lime at the latter place. 

 Some of its beds abound in Fusulina Cylindrica, Chonetes Granulifera, and an 

 Allorisjtia is often found near its base. The teeth of two species of fish have 

 also been obtained from it above Weston. At St. Joseph it often abounds in 

 Orthis Carbonaria {0. pecosii). Handsome specimens of Bryozoans have been ob- 

 tained from it near Amazonia and also Savannah, Mo. 



At the quarries, one mile southwest from Atchison, we find several feet of 

 limestone (No. 152, U. C. M.), where it hai been considerably quarried for 

 foundations of buildings, curbstones, etc. 



About eight feet thickness was observed in layers of from a few inches to over 

 a foot. It is a bluish gray, strong hmestone, evenly bedded, but sometimes cross 

 laminated, and weathers an iron gray. It is nearly everywhere easily recognized 

 by a two inch layer of "cone in cone" on upper surface. This was observed 

 at Atchison, has also been observed on the other side of the river, near Sugar 

 Creek Lake in Buchanan and in Andrew Counties. It was formerly hauled from 

 near Savannah to St. Joseph and used in buildings. 



Near the railroad no such exposures are again seen for 80 miles. 



In Marshall County, Kansas, boulders and sand beds of the Drift were occa- 

 sionally observed. Among the boulders recognized were those of granite, quartzite 

 and greenstone. But little evidence of Drift observed beyond 100 miles. 



At Frankfort the hills extend up probably 150 feet above the Vermillion 

 valley and seemed formed, in the lower portion, chiefly of shales for over 50 feet 

 with probably one limestone suitable for building, near the lower part. These 

 beds I refer to are the Middle Permian, the Lower probably cropping out east- 

 wardly. 



Toward the top of the hill about four feet of good building stone is quar- 

 ried. In the quarry it is an ash-gray Magne^ian limestone, weathering cream 

 color and works out very freely. The quarry rock is of a very porous texture, 

 caused by the decomposing and loss of numerous Fusulince: it also contains many 

 chert concretions, which does not seriously interfere with its use as a building stone. 



Five miles west the same beds appear in bluffs, but low down, at Barrett's 

 Station. 



Still further, several miles, at Bigelow Station, these beds are well exposed, 

 and the stripping exposes to view better layers of stone. A good deal of quarry- 

 ing has been done here, and preparations are making for much more. 



In the beds I observed the following fossils : Productus semi-reticulatus, 

 with Fusulince. very abundant, but other fossils very rare. 



The following is about a general section of rocks seen at Blue Rapids, ten 

 miles further west, and includes beds still above those just named, and also Per- 

 mian : 



I. On hilltop a bed of limestone near summit. 



