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the shales in the city of Syracuse or on the Syracuse quadrangle, or, 

 in fact, anywhere else on or near the outcrop ; because the salt is so 

 soluble in water that near the surface it has all been leached out 



by the percolating ground waters. The position in the Salina series 

 of the salt beds as determined by the wells and shafts which pene- 

 trate the beds of rock salt, is called the Syracuse salt horizon. That 

 salt formerly occurred in the now outcropping portion of the shales 



