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  Forty- 
  seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  

  

  

  1354' 
  

  

  

  1' 
  8" 
  Marlyte, 
  bluish 
  gray 
  when 
  fresh, 
  becoming 
  very 
  light 
  

   gray 
  after 
  short 
  exposure, 
  Salt 
  and 
  gypsum 
  in 
  veins. 
  

  

  1355' 
  6" 
  

  

  

  6" 
  Nodular 
  layer 
  of 
  gypsum. 
  

  

  

  2' 
  Dark-gray 
  limestone 
  in 
  layers 
  of 
  uneven 
  thickness, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  large 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  crystals 
  and 
  nodulee. 
  

   When 
  exposed 
  to 
  rain 
  or 
  placed 
  in 
  water, 
  the 
  rock, 
  by 
  the 
  

   removal 
  of 
  salt, 
  becomes 
  cellular 
  and 
  friable. 
  

  

  1358' 
  

  

  

  2' 
  Bluish-gray 
  shaly 
  marlyte, 
  with 
  many 
  seams 
  and 
  veins 
  of 
  

   salt, 
  the 
  stratum 
  much 
  broken 
  and 
  disturbed. 
  

  

  1360' 
  

  

  6" 
  Very 
  thinly 
  laminated 
  limestone, 
  with 
  clear 
  salt 
  in 
  same. 
  

  

  1360' 
  6" 
  

  

  

  8' 
  6" 
  Bluish-gray 
  shaly 
  marlyte, 
  which, 
  after 
  short 
  exposure, 
  

   becomes 
  a 
  light, 
  creamy 
  gray, 
  with 
  many 
  cracks 
  and 
  displace- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  strata, 
  the 
  interstices 
  being 
  filled 
  with 
  white 
  an 
  i 
  

   pinkish 
  crystalline 
  salt. 
  Considerable 
  gypsum 
  also 
  occurs. 
  

   The 
  rock 
  is 
  more 
  broken 
  toward 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  and 
  

   the 
  proportion 
  of 
  salt 
  is 
  greater. 
  

  

  1369' 
  8" 
  

  

  1370' 
  

  

  At 
  1369, 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  shaft, 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  nearly 
  pure, 
  coarsely 
  crystalline 
  salt 
  

   was 
  reached, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  shaft, 
  showed 
  a 
  dip 
  of 
  IS 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  line 
  of 
  

   contact, 
  and 
  4 
  8" 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  toward 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  layer 
  being 
  8" 
  thick 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  

   end 
  and 
  3' 
  at 
  the 
  northeast 
  corner. 
  A 
  small 
  proportion 
  of 
  shale 
  is 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  salt. 
  

  

  