152 G 5 . REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



8. Concealed, 80' 



9. Sandstone, 20' 



10. Concealed, 40' 



11. Sandstone to track level (870',) 5' 



Nos. 1, 3 and 5 make perpendicular cliffs of gray, current- 

 bedded sandstone around the summit of the hill, and also 

 contain irregular layers of calcareous breccia, many mas- 

 sive bowlders of which are scattered over the ground. One 

 of these layers in No. 3 seems to be quite presistent. 



Nos. 5, 7 and 9 also make lines of cliffs in the bluff, and 

 are all greenish-gray, current-bedded sandstones. 



No. 9 has a layer of very heterogenous material at its base, 

 5' to 6' thick, consisting of a conglomerate mass of shale, 

 pieces of sandstone, breccia of lime, &c. This is the stra- 

 tum which occurs in the Foster section with its top 105' above 

 R.R. grade (890' A. T.,) thus showing a dip southward of 

 60' per mile at this locality. 



Just south from here another cliff sandstone is seen ex- 

 tending down to the level of Martin's creek 30' below R.R. 

 level. It is most probably the same one seen near R.R. 

 grade at Foster. 



As we pass on down Martin's creek, No. 9 approaches R. 

 R. grade more and more, and where the country road crosses 

 the track two miles below Foster its base comes down to the 

 level of the same (at 850' A. T.,) thus giving a dip of 65' 

 southward in the mile between this point and Bell's mill. 



Just at the southern line of this township and one half 

 mile above Nicholson (in Wyoming county,) the base of a 

 very massive ledge of sandstone is seen at 250' above R.R. 

 or 1026' A. T. ; directly below it are seen 3' of red shales. 

 The base of this cliff strikes on a level with a cliff-rock 40' to 

 50' thick seen in a long outcrop on the opposite or western 

 side of Martin's creek. 



The following section is seen at Nicholson and is inserted 

 here because it is so near to this township : 



Nicholson section. 



1. Sandstone, massive, 15 



2. Calcareous breccia, 6' 



3. Sandstone, (base at 995',) 10' 



4. Red shale, 30' 



