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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  locality, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  determined, 
  where 
  a 
  thick 
  bed 
  diminishes 
  

   in 
  such 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  a 
  thin 
  seam. 
  

  

  South 
  Granby, 
  Oswego 
  co. 
  The 
  site 
  of 
  this 
  drill 
  hole 
  is 
  on 
  

   the 
  farm 
  of 
  Alonzo 
  Lutentelly, 
  i 
  mile 
  southwest 
  of 
  South 
  Granby, 
  

   and 
  iy 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Little 
  Utica, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  high- 
  

   way 
  leading 
  north 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  a 
  

   small 
  stream. 
  

  

  SECTION 
  AT 
  SOUTH 
  GRANBY 
  

  

  Strata 
  

  

  From 
  

   Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  To 
  

   Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  Character 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  

   Shale 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Limestone 
  

  

  Limestone 
  and 
  

   shale 
  

  

  Shale 
  

  

  Ore. 
  . 
  

   Shale 
  . 
  

  

  o 
  

   22 
  

  

  39 
  

   40 
  

  

  102 
  

   i35 
  

  

  136 
  

   138 
  

  

  i39 
  

  

  140 
  

   140 
  

  

  M5 
  

  

  i45 
  

  

  i54 
  

  

  223 
  

   223 
  

  

  22 
  

   39 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  135 
  

   136 
  

  

  138 
  

   J 
  39 
  

  

  140 
  

  

  140 
  

   145 
  

  

  145 
  

  

  154 
  

  

  223 
  

  

  223 
  

   228 
  

  

  Dark 
  shale, 
  full 
  of 
  fossils 
  — 
  

   Rochester 
  horizon. 
  

  

  Impure 
  limestone 
  with 
  fossils. 
  

  

  Shale 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  limestone. 
  

   At 
  76 
  feet 
  is 
  a 
  1 
  inch 
  band 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  dark 
  pebbles 
  with 
  pyrite. 
  

  

  Shale 
  quite 
  free 
  from 
  limestone 
  

   bands. 
  At 
  10 
  1 
  feet 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  

   seam 
  of 
  ore 
  and 
  the 
  shale 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  for 
  4 
  inches 
  numerous 
  crys- 
  

   tals 
  of 
  pyrite. 
  At 
  102 
  feet 
  there 
  

   are 
  4 
  inches 
  of 
  limestone 
  with 
  large 
  

   brachiopods. 
  

  

  Shale 
  with 
  some 
  very 
  dark 
  

   bands 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Light 
  colored 
  limestone 
  with 
  

   fossils. 
  Near 
  the 
  middle 
  the 
  fos- 
  

   sils 
  are 
  replaced 
  by 
  iron 
  ore. 
  

  

  Calcareous 
  shale. 
  

  

  This 
  band 
  of 
  ore 
  is 
  richest 
  be- 
  

   low, 
  grading 
  into 
  a 
  highly 
  colored 
  

   shale 
  above 
  with 
  thin 
  seams 
  of 
  

   ore. 
  

  

  Shale 
  with 
  band 
  of 
  limestone 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Coarse, 
  light 
  colored 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Coarse, 
  fossil 
  limestone 
  with 
  

   some 
  shale. 
  

  

  Lean 
  fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Gray 
  compact 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   alternations 
  of 
  lighter 
  colored 
  

   limestone 
  and 
  shale. 
  

  

  Gray 
  shale 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  lime- 
  

   stone. 
  The 
  limestone 
  bands 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  pearly 
  

   layers; 
  also 
  some 
  fine 
  compact 
  

   bands. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  bands 
  of 
  

   limestone 
  are 
  over 
  6 
  inches 
  thick. 
  

  

  Oolitic 
  ore 
  with 
  some 
  fossils 
  at 
  

   base. 
  

  

  Mottled 
  shale 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  

   limestone. 
  One 
  inch 
  of 
  shale 
  with 
  

   pebbles 
  found 
  2 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  

   ore. 
  Mottled 
  appearance 
  of 
  shale 
  

   due 
  to 
  organic 
  remains. 
  

  

  