﻿The 
  Livonia 
  Salt 
  Shaft. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  12th 
  day 
  of 
  May, 
  1891, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  instructions 
  

   received 
  from 
  you 
  in 
  person 
  at 
  Livonia 
  on 
  the 
  ninth 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  month, 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Livonia 
  Salt 
  Shaft 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  record 
  

   of 
  the 
  different 
  strata 
  of 
  rock 
  passed 
  through 
  in 
  sinking 
  the 
  shaft 
  

   to 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  salt 
  beds, 
  and 
  to 
  collect 
  representative 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  each 
  stratum, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  such 
  fossils 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  debris. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  date 
  to 
  the 
  13th 
  day 
  of 
  August, 
  1892, 
  

   when 
  the 
  two 
  beds 
  of 
  salt 
  had 
  been 
  penetrated 
  and 
  the 
  shaft 
  

   had 
  reached 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  1,432 
  feet, 
  at 
  which 
  point 
  the 
  sinking 
  

   was 
  ended, 
  I 
  was 
  present 
  nearly 
  every 
  working 
  day, 
  having 
  

   never 
  been 
  absent 
  two 
  working 
  days 
  in 
  succession, 
  and 
  carefully 
  

   examined 
  the 
  rock 
  hoisted 
  out 
  from 
  each 
  layer 
  passed 
  through, 
  

   also 
  making 
  frequent 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  whenever 
  

   it 
  was 
  necessary 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  correct 
  record 
  or 
  accurate 
  

   measurement. 
  • 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  collected, 
  packed 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  your 
  address, 
  

   State 
  Hall, 
  Albany, 
  1ST. 
  Y. 
  } 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-one 
  boxes 
  

   and 
  two 
  barrels 
  of 
  fossils 
  and 
  other 
  specimens 
  showing 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  strata. 
  

  

  These 
  specimens 
  are 
  plainly 
  marked 
  with 
  figures, 
  which 
  indi- 
  

   cate 
  their 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  strata, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  ascer- 
  

   tain 
  the 
  precise 
  depth 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  came. 
  The 
  specimens 
  

   which 
  were 
  collected 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  lithological 
  character 
  are 
  all 
  

   thus 
  marked. 
  Such 
  of 
  the 
  fossils 
  as 
  are 
  not 
  marked 
  were 
  collected 
  

   and 
  forwarded 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  individually 
  of 
  some 
  

   value 
  and 
  interest. 
  Several 
  boxes 
  of 
  good 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   collected 
  from 
  the 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  material 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  

   group 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  group, 
  which 
  had 
  

   been 
  brought 
  out 
  previous 
  to 
  my 
  arrival, 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  

   very 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  conveniently 
  situated 
  for 
  examination 
  

   and 
  working 
  over 
  for 
  fossils. 
  

  

  The 
  lithological 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  carefully 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  

   figures 
  given 
  are 
  as 
  accurate 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  obtain. 
  

  

  