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the shales in the city of Syracuse or on the Syracuse quadrangle, or, 

 in fact, anywhere else on or near the outcrop ; because the salt is so 

 soluble in water that near the surface it has all been leached out 



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by the percolating ground waters. The position in the Salina series 

 of the salt beds as determined by the wells and shafts which pene- 

 trate the beds of rock salt, is called the Syracuse salt horizon. That 

 salt formerly occurred in the now outcropping portion of the shales 



