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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  thinner 
  and 
  the 
  fossil 
  ore 
  is 
  broken 
  by 
  intercalations 
  of 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  shale. 
  The 
  latter 
  rock 
  reaches 
  its 
  extreme 
  thickness 
  

   here, 
  the 
  hole 
  showing 
  227 
  feet 
  without 
  practical 
  interruption 
  from 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  limestone 
  which 
  is 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  uppermost 
  Clinton 
  

   to 
  the 
  first 
  seam 
  of 
  ore. 
  

  

  Verona, 
  Oneida 
  co. 
  The 
  site 
  of 
  this 
  drill 
  hole 
  is 
  100 
  yards 
  

   west 
  of 
  Verona 
  Station, 
  on 
  the 
  Davis 
  farm, 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   highway 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  creek. 
  It 
  is 
  2^2 
  miles 
  south- 
  

   west 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  conglomerate. 
  The 
  

   Cagwin 
  opening 
  for 
  ore 
  is 
  1 
  mile 
  and 
  the 
  Klein 
  opening 
  i\ 
  miles 
  

   from 
  this 
  locality. 
  

  

  SECTION 
  AT 
  VERONA 
  STATION 
  

  

  Strata 
  

  

  From 
  

   Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  To 
  

   Feet 
  Inches 
  

  

  Character 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  clay 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Shale 
  

  

  O 
  

   18 
  

  

  37 
  

   38 
  

  

  74 
  

  

  

   

  

  2 
  

   2 
  

  

  

  

  18 
  

  

  37 
  

  

  38 
  

   74 
  

  

  84 
  

  

  

   2 
  

  

  2 
  

   

  

  4 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  light 
  colored 
  shale 
  

   with 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  thin 
  bands 
  of 
  

   limestone. 
  

  

  Fossil 
  ore. 
  

  

  Ore 
  

  

  Shale 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Shale 
  quite 
  uniform 
  as 
  regards 
  

   texture. 
  A 
  few 
  thin 
  bands 
  of 
  

   limestone, 
  up 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  thick. 
  

  

  These 
  layers 
  are 
  quite 
  variable. 
  

   Some 
  are 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  light 
  sand 
  

   in 
  a 
  dark 
  shale 
  matrix. 
  The 
  

   upper 
  2 
  feet 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  grained 
  cal- 
  

   careous 
  sandstone. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   layers 
  contain 
  pebbles. 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  and 
  

   shale 
  

  

  

  The 
  object 
  of 
  putting 
  down 
  a 
  hole 
  at 
  this 
  locality, 
  which 
  is 
  

   only 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  So 
  distant 
  from 
  old 
  mine 
  workings 
  on 
  the 
  Clin- 
  

   ton, 
  was 
  to 
  test 
  for 
  a 
  possible 
  oolitic 
  bed 
  below 
  the 
  fossil 
  ore 
  

   which 
  alone 
  has 
  been 
  known. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  lower 
  ore 
  

   horizon 
  would 
  appear 
  probable 
  from 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   sections 
  at 
  Clinton 
  and 
  at 
  Brewerton, 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  respectively 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  locality. 
  In 
  both 
  sections 
  two 
  beds 
  are 
  shown, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  being 
  oolitic. 
  The 
  fossil 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Verona 
  ore 
  

   indicates 
  relationship 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  or 
  red 
  flux 
  bed 
  found 
  to 
  

   the 
  east. 
  The 
  oolitic 
  bed, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  identified, 
  thus 
  dis- 
  

   appears 
  in 
  the 
  interval. 
  

  

  