80 Report of the State Geologist. 



I Compare the following : Lehigh Valley R. R., one-half mile 

 south of Oaks Corners station, Corniferous, "N". 5° W. and E-W. 

 Beyond Oaks Corners, north. Beyond Flint Creek, N. 20°+ E. 

 for a considerable distance. 



Thomas' quarry near \\^aterloo, K E. end, all. K 12° E. N". 

 W. end, mostly K 41° E., very regular ; also some K 12° E., 

 deeper cut. West side, JST. 5-10° E., smoothly and well cut. 



Frank's quarry, IST. 5° E. 



Emmet's quarry, ]^. 45° E., coarse, not parallel. 



Rorison's quarry, N. 6° E. 



Roadside shale west of Bearytown, N. 10° E. 



The readings are magnetic. Allow about 5° westerly deflec- 

 tion. 



Swamps and Marshes. 



Three considerable tracts of land are comprised under this 

 head ; the Montezuma marshes, the Black swamp and the Cran- 

 berry swamp, besides swampy lands of small extent in various 

 other places, notably the Canoga shore. 



The Montezuma marshes occupy a broad space on the eastern 

 border of Tyre, and farther down along the Seneca river to the 

 distance of over 40 miles from the foot of Cayuga lake. JSTear 

 the lower end, at Jack's Reefs, there is a fall of 4.3 feet in the 

 stream. The money of the State has been used on several occa- 

 sions for the procuring of a better outlet, but the result is not 

 yet attained. 



The- town assessors of Junius (which at that time included Tyre) 

 in 1825 reported the amount of land of this description within 

 the town limits, as follows : 



/ Acres. 



Marsh 4,449 



Swamp , 2,463 



Intermediate 1,167 



8,079 



The amount is probably nearly the same at present. 



This land was then assessed at 25 cents an acre for marsh 

 and $1 for swamp. Delafield, in 1853, wrote that " not less than 

 6,000 acres " were then " useless " in Tyre. This adjective gives 

 an incorrect impression for the present day. Marsh land is 



