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part of Cowley county, along the line of the Missouri Pacific rail- 
road, from Taussig at their eastern foot to Winfield in the Walnut 
river valley, was hastily examined. The author regrets that on 
account of the limited time at his disposal he was unable to deter- 
mine the limits of all the formations shown in this section; but 
submits the following partial correlation. Mr. C. N. Gould has 
published a section along the line of this railroad in which the 
lithologic character and thickness of the rocks composing it are 
given;! but the total thickness of limestones reported in it seems 
to be too great. 
SECTION FROM 'TAUSSIG TO HOOSER. 
No. Feet. 
13. Massive limestone weathering whitish and containing 40435 
an abundance of flint, about 40 feet thick. Prob- 
ably the Strong limestone. 
12. Kedjand blue shales, adcordimg to Gotta kccit a TO eOG 
11. Brownish sandstone, given by Gould as 10 feet thick. 10-385 
to. Mainly red shales Ot UN LeANE Wisk art Bocas 6 
g: Limestone, with abundant /wsw/ina in lower part... 54-=355 
Covered s about A aeatn cece ie hilinticn ine ina huis 44==3494 
Light gray, rather massive limestone, containing 5345 
some /usulina. 
6. Mainly covered along the railroad. At base a mas- 150340 
sive limestone witha metallic ring. The central and 
upper part of the stratum weathers to a very rough 
surface. It contains a considerable amount of flint. 
5. Mainly covered; the shales at the top below the 85-190 
massive limestone of No. 6 contain numerous speci- 
mens of Spirifer cameratus and Athyris subtilita. 
4. Brownish limestone in which there are large numbers 10-105 
of Husulina. 
3. Yellowish shales in which Spirifer cameratus and 1a==95 
Athyris sublilita are common. 
2. Covered, with brownish-red /wsudina limestone at 23-83 
the base. 
1. Covered to Taussig railroad station..... CR aN AOC m= OG) 
The measurements in the above section are nearly all barometric 
and it deserves more careful study. If the correlation of the mas- 
sive limestone—No. 13-—near Hooser with the Strong limestone.be 
correct, then the horizon of the Cottonwood limestone is in the 
covered part of No. 6, below which all the remaining rocks belong 
i 1 Univ. Geol, Surv, Kans,, vol, i, pp. 81 to 85, and see pl. 1, 
