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The section shows two beds of fossil ore, separated by lo inches 

 of limestone. The horizon is the same as the main bed at Wol- 

 cott and the bed at Ontario Center. While the ore maintains an 

 average thickness fcr this region, it is hardly of mineable grade, 

 containing as it does seams of unreplaced limestone, besides the 

 heavy parting. A light flow of gas was. encountered at 45 feet, 

 in the Rochester shale. 



Wolcott, Wayne co. The drill hole was put down on the 

 east bank of Wolcott creek, within the village limits, about 300 

 yards below the falls. A boring for gas was made some years 

 ago on the other side of the creek and about 20 rods farther north. 

 The hole was started at approximately the same horizon in the 

 Rochester shale as the one at Wallington. The upper ore bed out- 

 crops 1 1/4 miles directly north, along Wolcott creek, near the site 

 of the old Wolcott furnace. 



SECTION AT WOLCOTT 



Strata 



Soil . . 



Shale . 



Limestone. 



Shale . 



From 

 Feet Inches 



44 



57 



Ore loi 



Limestone 102 



Shale , 



124 



Shale 127 



Shale. 



Limestone and 

 shale 



Ore 



Limestone. . 

 Ore 



182 

 186 



ig8 

 199 

 199 



Shale 200 



9h 



To I 



Feet Inches 



Character 



O 



4 

 I r 



5 

 44 



57 



lOI 



102 

 124 



127 

 182 



186 



199 

 199 

 200 

 20^ 



198 9^ 



o 



4 



1 1 



o 



Dark fossiliferous shales, some- 

 what lighter near the top where 

 are found some bands of light 

 colored limestone. Rochester shale. 



Considerably mixed with fos- 

 siliferous shale. Purest at top 

 and bottom.. Cavities in lime- 

 stone lined with crystals. 



Dark shales with graptolites. 

 Includes some lighter colored 

 shale. 



Fossil ore. 



Alternating series of limestone 

 and shale. Pentamerus charac- 

 teristic fossil of the limestone. 



Olive-gray shale free from 

 limestone bands. 



Purple shale with a number of 

 thin bands of pearly limestone 

 with fossil Anoplotheca 

 hemispherica. 



Olive-gray shale. Two inch band 

 of ore at 186. 



The UTOper 16 inches is a fossil- 

 iferous limestone. Below is a 

 shale with bands of limestone. 

 The lower 3 feet is an impure 

 limestone. 



Fossil ore. 



Inipure limestone. 



Fossil ore. 



Calcareous shale with some 

 very thin seams of limestone. 

 At top is a 2 inch la3'er with black 

 shale pebbles. 



