7 6 



A test pit sunk at one corner of this part of the quarry- 

 shows other layers below this as follows: — 



Clay-like shale, fine grained, white 



in colour 6 inches, 15 cm. 



Bright red shale, breaking by 

 irregular fracture to a mass of 

 small angular particles. This 

 bed is here exposed for 36 inches 

 (91 cm.), and is reported to have 

 a total thickness of 6 feet, 183 cm 



Below this is said to lie seven feet (201 cm.) of freestone, 

 but whether this is a hard porous dolomitic limestone 

 or a true sandstone could not be determined. It is probably 

 the former. 



The strata at this place contain few fossils. The 

 beds below those indicated "A" to "C are exposed only 

 in this quarry and contain few fossils. The fossils from 

 the upper limestone occur in more abundance in an old 

 quarry of the Manitoba Quarry Company, a little to the 

 south and east of this one. In this place they occur quite 

 freely in the walls, and in the rubble scattered over the 

 floor of the quarry. Although the spicies are few, 

 the specimens occur in large numbers and are well preserved. 

 This quarry is reached by going east on Higgins street 

 or Drake street, or by entering from the railway spur, 

 previously mentioned, from the main line to the east 

 of the station. 



The most common species occurring here are Favosites 

 aspera, F. gothlandicus , and Plectambonites? , sp. undet. 

 Other species occurring here include A phyllo stylus gracilis, 

 Trimerella sp. undet., Dinobolus cf. conradi, and several 

 species of gastropods and cephalopods. The new cephalo- 

 pod, Sphyroceras meridional e Whiteaves and Cyrtoceras 

 cuneatum Whiteaves and a new genus of corals Aphyl- 

 lostylus have been described from material collected in the 

 Stonewall quarries. (4). 



The fauna is of Silurian age and is probably the equi- 

 valent of either the Guelph or Lockport. It represents a 

 faunal province distinct from that of Ontario and Western 

 New York, which makes precise corralation with the New 

 York section impracticable. 



