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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  380 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  positive 
  

   record, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  delay 
  in 
  getting 
  a 
  man 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   has 
  been 
  largely 
  made 
  up 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Luther 
  from 
  natural 
  outcrops 
  

   of 
  these 
  strata 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  opportu- 
  

   nity 
  will 
  be 
  afforded 
  of 
  comparing 
  this 
  restoration 
  with 
  the 
  

   actual 
  section 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  shaft, 
  which 
  is 
  

   about 
  to 
  be 
  commenced, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Fossils 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  shaft 
  are 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  interesting, 
  as 
  will 
  appear 
  from 
  the 
  accompanying 
  

   lists 
  and 
  observations, 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarke 
  from 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  sent 
  in 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Luther, 
  from 
  the 
  successive 
  geological 
  

   formations 
  above 
  indicated, 
  during 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  work 
  in 
  

   the 
  shaft. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  report 
  is 
  intended 
  simply 
  as 
  an 
  introduction 
  to 
  the 
  

   detailed 
  account 
  of 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  D. 
  Luther, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  constantly 
  

   upon 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  eighteen 
  months 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   two 
  years, 
  and 
  has 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  

   material 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  position 
  

   and 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collections 
  are 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  upon 
  each 
  one, 
  the 
  number 
  being 
  recorded 
  in 
  

   a 
  book 
  kept 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  ; 
  and 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  character 
  

   and 
  relations 
  being 
  preserved, 
  both 
  by 
  notes 
  and 
  observations 
  

   made 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  continuous 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  these 
  observations 
  began 
  until 
  

   the 
  termination 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  bed 
  of 
  

   salt. 
  This 
  section 
  and 
  the 
  records 
  will 
  be 
  presented 
  entire. 
  

  

  The 
  Livonia 
  salt 
  shaft 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   south 
  from 
  Livonia 
  station, 
  in 
  Livingston 
  county, 
  New 
  York, 
  

   about 
  two 
  miles 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Conesus 
  lake 
  and 
  one 
  

   mile 
  east 
  of 
  its 
  eastern 
  shore. 
  It 
  is 
  located 
  upon 
  the 
  western 
  

   slope 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  ground 
  between 
  Hemlock 
  and 
  Conesus 
  lakes, 
  

   being 
  187 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  263 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  latter 
  

   lake. 
  The 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lakes 
  is 
  1,215 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tide- 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  is 
  133 
  feet 
  

   lower, 
  being 
  1,082 
  feet 
  above 
  tide 
  water. 
  It 
  lies 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Hemlock 
  and 
  

   Honeoye 
  lakes 
  below 
  Honeoye 
  Falls. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  salt 
  

  

  