FAYETTE COUNTY. 447 



FBET, 



Strata of stone unconformable with those next below, seen best jast above 



"Lower Cedar Hole," contains a stratum of breccia 50 



Fossiliferons, top strata at west end of bridge, thia strata one-half an inch 



to six inches thick, said to be 10 



These, with the 11 above non-fossil iferous 15 



" Fossiliferons ledge," all the fossils in the quarry obtained here 1 



To creek bed not seen 40 



The fifty feet or more of strata near "Lower Cedar Hole" did show 

 about one foot in ten to the south. The upper strata contained no fossils 

 so far as seen, but near the bottom occurs one stratum which is composed 

 in part of breccia. The fragments are about one-eighth of an inch thick 

 and are clearly defined, and imbedded in a matrix of a lighter color. A 

 portion of one of the strata was almost wholly composed of what seemed 

 to be internal casts of a small shell — probably Loxonema hydraulica. Hall. 



I shall add no further remarks to those which have been made above, 

 except that the stratum marked as being fossiliferous above, contained 

 many fragments of orihoceralites. No good cabinet specimens of any kind 

 of fossils were secured here. The strata above the fossiliferous one are 

 nearly all water-marked, or rather sun-marked as if dried or baked in 

 the hot sun. They exhibit no signs of fossils, either animal or vegetable. 

 From this locality the building stone used in Washington and vicinity 

 is mostly obtained. The pavements are flagged with the thin sun and 

 water marked stones. 



The only strata in the county higher than those at Rock Mills are 

 found on Deer Creek, in the eastern part of the county. It would be 

 difficult to assign these strata to their exact position without tracing 

 them down stream on Deer Creek. 



