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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  to 
  1380 
  feet 
  where 
  the 
  green 
  nonealcareous 
  shale 
  was 
  met, 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  

   that 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  was 
  missed 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  beds 
  are 
  only 
  

   partly 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  of 
  125 
  feet 
  above 
  given. 
  

  

  South 
  Granby, 
  Oswego 
  co. 
  A 
  nearly 
  complete 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   Clinton 
  formation 
  was 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  test 
  hole 
  put 
  down 
  at 
  South 
  

   Granby, 
  15 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Red 
  Creek. 
  An 
  abridged 
  record 
  is 
  given 
  

   below. 
  The 
  drill 
  started 
  in 
  Rochester 
  shale, 
  which 
  became 
  limey 
  

   below, 
  grading 
  apparently 
  into 
  the 
  Clinton 
  limestone. 
  

  

  STRATA 
  FEET 
  

  

  Limestone 
  ij 
  

  

  Shale, 
  with 
  4 
  inches 
  of 
  limestone 
  at 
  102 
  feet 
  depth 
  95 
  

  

  Light 
  colored 
  limestone, 
  with 
  traces 
  of 
  hematite 
  1 
  

  

  Shale, 
  with 
  3 
  inches 
  of 
  iron 
  ore 
  4 
  

  

  Limestone, 
  basal 
  part 
  shaly 
  14 
  

  

  Shale, 
  with 
  limestone 
  bands 
  69 
  

  

  Ore, 
  oolitic 
  . 
  8 
  in. 
  

  

  Mottled 
  shale 
  4 
  

  

  The 
  lowest 
  shale 
  was 
  not 
  drilled 
  through, 
  but 
  its 
  base 
  is 
  probably 
  

   not 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  so 
  below 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  hole. 
  The 
  

   aggregate 
  thickness 
  is 
  190 
  feet. 
  

  

  Brewerton, 
  Onondaga 
  co. 
  The 
  test 
  hole 
  drilled 
  at 
  Brewerton 
  

   afforded 
  a 
  partial 
  Clinton 
  section 
  of 
  130 
  feet. 
  

  

  STRATA 
  FEET 
  

  

  Olive 
  shale, 
  with 
  2 
  inches 
  of 
  fossil 
  ore 
  at 
  56 
  feet 
  depth 
  

  

  and 
  thin 
  limestone 
  bands 
  at 
  intervals 
  124 
  

  

  Ore, 
  oolitic 
  16 
  in. 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  5 
  

  

  From 
  outcrops 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  it 
  is 
  judged 
  that 
  the 
  shale 
  above 
  

   the 
  ore 
  must 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  150 
  feet 
  thick. 
  The 
  drill 
  was 
  placed 
  near 
  

   the 
  lake 
  level 
  and 
  passed 
  through 
  14 
  feet 
  of 
  clay 
  before 
  the 
  shale 
  

   was 
  reached. 
  

  

  Syracuse. 
  Two 
  deep 
  wells 
  were 
  drilled 
  in 
  1884 
  near 
  Syracuse. 
  

   One, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Gale 
  well, 
  was 
  put 
  down 
  3 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  

   Syracuse 
  near 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Oswego 
  

   canal. 
  The 
  altitude 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  435 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  record 
  was 
  reported 
  by 
  Dr 
  F. 
  E. 
  Englehardt. 
  1 
  The 
  Salina 
  

   shales 
  were 
  penetrated 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  525 
  feet, 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  1 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Salt 
  Springs, 
  1884. 
  

  

  