﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  249 
  

  

  strata 
  of 
  that 
  group. 
  The 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  well 
  ISTo. 
  1 
  

   of 
  the 
  Empire 
  Salt 
  Company 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  750 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  Portage 
  group, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Bradley 
  (formerly 
  

   Eldredge) 
  Company 
  675 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  quarries 
  of 
  the 
  Warsaw 
  Stone 
  Company, 
  at 
  Kock 
  Glen, 
  

   are 
  one-half 
  mile 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  Kerr 
  Salt 
  Company's 
  wells, 
  

   in 
  the 
  thick 
  beds 
  of 
  bluish 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  which 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   marking 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  Portage 
  epoch. 
  Their 
  total 
  thickness 
  

   is 
  here 
  thirty-two 
  feet 
  three 
  inches. 
  The 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   bed 
  is 
  thirty 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  tracks 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  

   and 
  Western 
  railroad, 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  quarries 
  are 
  

   situated. 
  The 
  grade 
  between 
  the 
  Kerr 
  wells 
  and 
  the 
  railroad 
  at 
  

   a 
  point 
  opposite 
  the 
  quarries 
  is 
  very 
  slight, 
  and 
  the 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  

   strata 
  probably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  fifteen 
  feet. 
  The 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  of 
  the 
  record 
  is 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  group. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  wells 
  belong 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Bishop's 
  " 
  Kidge 
  group." 
  

   They 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Wyoming 
  county. 
  

   The 
  drainage 
  is 
  through 
  East 
  Coy 
  creek, 
  West 
  Coy 
  creek 
  and 
  

   Wolf 
  creek 
  into 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  

  

  If 
  bed 
  rock 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  at 
  the 
  Duncan 
  wells 
  

   at 
  Silver 
  Springs, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  135 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   Chemung 
  group. 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  at 
  Gainesville 
  creek, 
  with 
  358 
  feet 
  of 
  drift, 
  reaches 
  

   Chemung 
  rock 
  at 
  about 
  forty 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  that 
  

   group. 
  

  

  The 
  Castile 
  well, 
  with 
  forty-nine 
  feet 
  of 
  drift, 
  has 
  130 
  feet 
  of 
  

   Chemung 
  rocks. 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  at 
  Bliss, 
  the 
  most 
  southerly 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  rock 
  salt 
  

   has 
  been 
  reached 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  has 
  a 
  surface 
  altitude 
  

   of 
  1,729 
  feet, 
  passes 
  through 
  about 
  600 
  feet 
  of 
  Chemung 
  strata, 
  

   reaches 
  the 
  " 
  flint 
  " 
  (Corniferous) 
  at 
  1,995 
  feet, 
  and 
  a 
  fifty-six 
  

   foot 
  bed 
  of 
  rock 
  salt 
  900 
  feet 
  lower 
  and 
  2,895 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  The 
  well 
  at 
  Perry 
  was 
  begun 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Portage 
  

   rocks, 
  and 
  passes 
  through 
  about 
  730 
  feet 
  of 
  that 
  group. 
  

  

  The 
  Genesee 
  salt 
  district 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  drained 
  by 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  river 
  in 
  Livingston 
  county. 
  

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