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thin layers of sandstone; but the shaly layers vastly predomi- 
nate. So again, most of the sandstones are flaggy from the in- 
tercalation of shaly strata. Two of the sandstones disclosed 
in the mine, however, present notably different features from 
these, and from their important influence upon the width of 
the crevice which penetrates them, deserve a special description. 
These are Nos. 8 and 5. Both present the same characters ; 
a8 we need describe only the more important stratum, 
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but two thin beds of coal are found, and these present 
for, evidence of turbulent conditions having attended their 
the eb _ Each of these beds is about 12 inches thick. One, 
th ower, is seen about’ a mile from the mine, occurring near 
* top of the gray shale No. 2. It has not been discovered in 
