﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  211 
  

  

  The 
  geological 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Livonia 
  salt 
  shaft 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  

   both 
  these 
  sections, 
  indicating 
  and 
  illustrating 
  the 
  strata 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  penetrated 
  to 
  reach 
  its 
  present 
  depth. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  diagram 
  (No. 
  3), 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  geo- 
  

   graphical 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  salt 
  wells 
  and 
  salt 
  shafts 
  which 
  

   are 
  now, 
  or 
  have 
  been, 
  in 
  operation 
  within 
  the 
  district 
  embraced 
  

   between 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  limits 
  of 
  Wyoming 
  county. 
  

   By 
  comparing 
  this 
  diagram 
  with 
  the 
  accompanying 
  geological 
  map, 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  easy 
  to 
  discover 
  the 
  geological 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  

   each 
  of 
  these 
  wells 
  or 
  shafts 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  more 
  distinctly, 
  we 
  may 
  indicate 
  under 
  each 
  one 
  in 
  another 
  

   diagram 
  (No. 
  4), 
  the 
  elevation 
  above 
  tide 
  water, 
  the 
  rock 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  well 
  or 
  shaft 
  was 
  commenced 
  and 
  the 
  depth 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  has 
  penetrated. 
  These 
  data 
  concern 
  the 
  geological 
  

   relations 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  and 
  are 
  here 
  given 
  for 
  comparison 
  with 
  

   the 
  carefully 
  recorded 
  data 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Livonia 
  salt 
  shaft. 
  

   It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  comparing 
  the 
  depths, 
  that 
  the 
  farther 
  

   south 
  the 
  point 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  well 
  is 
  commenced, 
  the 
  deeper 
  it 
  has 
  

   to 
  be 
  penetrated 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  rock 
  salt. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  

   naturally 
  inferred 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  dipping 
  to 
  the 
  

   southward 
  while 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   direction 
  at 
  a 
  rate 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  

   records 
  are 
  interesting 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  pretty 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  

   depth 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  rock 
  salt 
  is 
  found 
  below 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  geological 
  horizons, 
  above 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  formation. 
  

   To 
  the 
  practical 
  man 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  little 
  difficulty 
  in 
  calculating 
  

   beforehand 
  the 
  depths 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  must 
  penetrate 
  the 
  formations 
  

   before 
  reaching 
  salt, 
  by 
  comparing 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  or 
  shaft 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  south 
  of 
  him 
  and 
  adding 
  about 
  forty 
  feet 
  per 
  mile 
  

   for 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  to 
  the 
  southward, 
  and 
  further 
  adding 
  the 
  

   rise, 
  or 
  subtracting 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  surface 
  in 
  

   the 
  direction 
  from 
  the 
  established 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  his 
  new 
  

   working. 
  With 
  this 
  simple 
  knowledge 
  and 
  the 
  precautions 
  

   named, 
  there 
  need 
  be 
  no 
  miscalculation 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  

   sale 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  at 
  any 
  point 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  indicated, 
  and 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  lately 
  designated 
  as 
  the 
  Salt 
  Field 
  of 
  Western 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  only 
  within 
  a 
  comparatively 
  few 
  years 
  that 
  the 
  

   resources 
  of 
  our 
  great 
  salt 
  formation 
  have 
  been 
  fully 
  appreci- 
  

  

  