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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Between 
  Southold 
  and 
  Greenport 
  are 
  several 
  deposits 
  of 
  a 
  red 
  

   glacial 
  clay 
  whicli 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  brick. 
  The 
  clay 
  contains 
  angular 
  

   stone 
  fragments 
  and 
  runs 
  from 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  About 
  

   one 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  east 
  of 
  Southold 
  is 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  mottled 
  blue 
  pottery 
  

   clay 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  in 
  making 
  flower 
  

   pots. 
  The 
  depth 
  of 
  this 
  deposit 
  is 
  not 
  known. 
  

  

  At 
  West 
  Deerpark 
  is 
  a 
  clay 
  bank 
  of 
  unique 
  appearance. 
  In 
  

   July 
  1892 
  the 
  section 
  showed: 
  

  

  Yellow 
  gravel 
  6 
  feet 
  

  

  Containing 
  ) 
  Flesh 
  colored 
  clay 
  6 
  " 
  

  

  concretions 
  f 
  Ked 
  clay 
  1 
  foot 
  

  

  Black 
  clay 
  with 
  pyrite 
  4 
  feet 
  

  

  Black 
  sandy 
  clay 
  4 
  " 
  

  

  Red 
  sandy 
  clay 
  3 
  " 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  24 
  " 
  

  

  Lenticular 
  masses 
  of 
  gray 
  sand 
  are 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   black 
  clay. 
  The 
  black 
  clay 
  also 
  contains 
  frustules 
  of 
  

   Melosira 
  granulata, 
  (Ehr.) 
  Ralf 
  s, 
  and 
  numbers 
  of 
  a 
  

   jointed 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  hair, 
  resembling 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  crustacean. 
  

   The 
  black 
  clay 
  burns 
  to 
  a 
  white 
  brick. 
  About 
  4 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  

   locality 
  near 
  Farmingdale 
  the 
  section 
  in 
  Myers's 
  clay 
  pit 
  is 
  : 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  6 
  feet 
  

  

  Red 
  sandy 
  clay 
  6 
  " 
  

  

  Yellow 
  and 
  red 
  sand, 
  wavy 
  lamination 
  2 
  '^ 
  

  

  Reddish 
  yellow 
  clay 
  6 
  '' 
  

  

  Reddish 
  blue 
  clay 
  20 
  " 
  

  

  Micaceous 
  sand, 
  cross-bedded 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  40 
  " 
  

  

  