M;\v rOKX mai i: MUSEUM 



ruorvillo, Lot worn Howe Cave and Cobleskill, a very 

 _■»• quarry ha- been opened in the same limestone, for build- 



tone is Baid to yield on analysi 



51.05 



M , 1 . 65 



4.31 



Alumina and ferric oxid .97 



Ifui 29 



I rbon dioxid 41 . 9 



100.17 

 Schuyler county 1 



th of Alpine station on the Lehigh Valley railroad is a 



lame tamarack swamp, \vhose surface is underlain by from 3-8 



t of muck. Below this is found a deposit of marl which varies 



in thickness from 2-10 feet, being as much as the latter in many 



Bpol 



The property is owned by J. Hinman. 



Seneca county 1 



The rpper TTelderberg formation covers a belt widening west- 

 ward, which extends from opposite Union Springs on Cayuga lake 



itward toward Geneva on the south and Thornton Corners on 

 the north. It is quarried at both Seneca Falls and Waterloo, 

 the quarries being mostly in the Seneca beds, but partly in 

 Corniferous. Al Seneca Falls the quarry is operated by G. J. 

 Fisher, and at Waterloo the quarry operators are D. Babcock, 

 Edson Bros., G. C. Thomas & Bros., B. Frank. The following 

 from Bal cock's quarry (pi. 6G). Beginning at the top 

 is:" 



1 >.irk, fine grained limestone 0' 14" 



( licrtv limestone 6' 0" 



< Jherty limestone 2' 0" 



Shale 0' 10" 



17 inch layers, fine -ruined limestone, 2' 10" 



1 i I ■■ ol. nil diet. N. Y. p. 44!t. 



D J ol Seneca county, (see 15th an. rep't N. Y. state 



57) 



