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  The 
  section 
  shows 
  two 
  beds 
  of 
  fossil 
  ore, 
  separated 
  by 
  10 
  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 
  i 
  1 
  /^ 
  miles 
  directly 
  north, 
  along 
  Wolcott 
  creek, 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  Wolcott 
  furnace. 
  

  

  SECTION 
  AT 
  WOLCOTT 
  

  

  Strata 
  

  

  From 
  

   Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  .To 
  

  

  Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  Character 
  

  

  Soil 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  "6 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  

  

  Dark 
  fossiliferous 
  shales, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  lighter 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  where 
  

   are 
  found 
  some 
  bands 
  of 
  light 
  

   colored 
  limestone. 
  Rochester 
  shale. 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  

  

  57 
  

  

  

  

  Considerably 
  mixed 
  with 
  fos- 
  

   siliferous 
  shale. 
  Purest 
  • 
  at 
  top 
  

   and 
  bottom. 
  Cavities 
  in 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  lined 
  with 
  crystals. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  57 
  

  

  

  

  IOI 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Dark 
  shales 
  with 
  graptolites. 
  

   Includes 
  some 
  lighter 
  colored 
  

   shale. 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  IOI 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  124 
  

  

  

  

  Alternating 
  series 
  of 
  limestone 
  

   and 
  shale. 
  Pentamerus 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  fossil 
  of 
  the 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  124 
  

  

  

  

  127 
  

  

  

  

  Olive-gray 
  shale 
  free 
  from 
  

   limestone 
  bands. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  127 
  

  

  

  

  182 
  

  

  

  

  Purple 
  shale 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   thin 
  bands 
  of 
  pearly 
  limestone 
  

   with 
  fossil 
  Anoplothe-ca 
  

   hemispherica. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  182 
  

  

  

  

  186 
  

  

  

  

  Olive-gray 
  shale. 
  Two 
  inch 
  band 
  

   of 
  ore 
  at 
  186. 
  

  

  Limestone 
  and 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  shale 
  

  

  186 
  

  

  

  198 
  

  

  9* 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  16 
  inches 
  is 
  a 
  fossil- 
  

   iferous 
  limestone. 
  Below 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  • 
  

  

  

  shale 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  limestone. 
  

   The 
  lower 
  3 
  feet 
  is 
  an 
  impure 
  

   limestone. 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  198 
  

  

  Q* 
  

  

  199 
  

  

  

  

  Fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  199 
  

  

  O 
  

  

  199 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Impure 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  199 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  it 
  

  

  Fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  

  

  203 
  

  

  

  

  Calcareous 
  shale 
  with 
  some 
  

   very 
  thin 
  seams 
  of 
  limestone. 
  

   At 
  top 
  is 
  a 
  2 
  inch 
  layer 
  with 
  black 
  

   shale 
  pebbles. 
  

  

  