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the remarkable dip of 45° SSW, with vertical divisional planes 

 running parallel with the strike. The rock is occasionally 

 stained with iron, is of medium fineness and glistens in the sun, 

 from the glassy clearness of the quartzose grains. For caps 

 and sills it is apparently superior to the Napoleon sandstone. 



This quarry occurs upon a ridge elevated about 35 feet above 

 the limestone, which is exposed over an area of a square mile, 

 beginning a few rods further west. It has every appearance of 

 a violent uplift, but the undisturbed position of the underlying 

 limestone seems incompatible with tlys supposition, and we are 

 forced to conclude that the apparent dip of the formation is 

 nothing more than a very illusory example of oblique lamination. 



At the N. E. \ of S. W. \, see. 18, Parma, near where the 

 highway crosses Eice creek, this sandstone affords a Catamite. * 

 At the S. W. \ of N. E. \, sec. 19, Parma, it has been quarried 

 by Mr. L. H. Fisk. The rock is nearly white, sometimes vary- 

 ing to a light straw color; and in some places is quite full of 

 small white quartzose pebbles. A portion of the Albion flour 

 mill was built of stone from this quarry. 



Very numerous quarries have been opened in this formation 

 in the northern part of Jackson county, but it is unnecessary 

 to particularize at present.. 



From Mrs. Titus' quarry, the outcrop trends south-east toward 

 the village of Barry, and is worked at several points. AtBoyn- 

 ton's quarry, half a mile north-west of the Barry coal mines, is 

 a fine exposure of massive sandstone, which, though occupying 

 • a higher geographical position than the coal, is nevertheless 

 believed to belong geologically below it. It is found above 

 *the limestone in the vicinity of the quarry of Chester Wall, 

 and seems to be the highest rock throughout most of the inter- 

 val between Barry and Woodville coal mine. South of Wood- 

 ville it may be recognized by its glistening character, to the 

 immediate vicinity of Hayden's coal mine, and from here to the 

 region south pf Jackson. It is unnecessary to particularize 

 localities. Indeed, it is separated in this part of the State, by 



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