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REPORT OF THE 



XL — East Saginaw Salt Go's Wells. About | mile north east 

 from the center of town, on the river, nearly opposite Carrol- 

 ton. Condensed Irom records kept by G. A. i-athrop, M. D. 

 Bored in 1859-60. 



At 



? 75 



3 P ■ 





Depth 

 of 



*3 



-5 5 = 

 a . ** 



& o 



DESCRIPTION OF ROCKS, &c. 



~ftT 



Ft. 



Ft. 









92 



92 

 79 



Alluvial and Drift materials. Salometer 1°. 



92 



79 



Brown sandstone, with angular grains. Temp. 47°; Salometer 2*. 



171 



40 



Shales, first dark, then light. 



211 



23 





Sandstone, [highly arenaceous Fire-clay?] and 3 or 4 ft. of CoaX. 



234 



12 





Shales, below, dark, bituminous. 



246 



10 





Sandstone with thin seams of Coal. 



256 



38 



123 



Shales. Temp. 50°, Sal. 14°. Discharge 80 gallons per minute. 



294 



105 



White sandstone. 







105 





399 



65 



Limestone, embracing 6 beds of " sandstone," from 6 in. to 2 ft. thick, 







65 



(the uppermost 5 >£ ft.), and terminating in an arenaceous limestone 













with shaly matter. 



464 



3 





Shales. 



467 



20 





Sandstone. Sal. 26°. 



487 



29 





Shales. 



516 



43 





Shales, with intercalated sandstones 6 in. — 2 ft. thick. Sal. 44* -60*. 



659 



10 





Fine blue sandstone. [" Waterlime" ?] Sal. 64° at 568 ft. 



569 



15 





Dark shales. 



584 



11 





Fine blue sandstone, [" Waterlime" ?] 3>£ ft. shale at 590)£ ft, 



595 



3 





Grayish, coarser sandstone, with angular grains. 



598 



7 





Dark shales. 



605 



15 





Sandstone, hard, becoming micaceous — at 610 ft. calcareous. 



620 



7 





Dark shales. 



627 



6 





Limestone, hard, brown. 









169 





633 



109 





Sandstone 



669 







Bottom of first well. 



742 



42 





Red shale. 



784 



1 





Blue shale. 



785 



18 





Red shale. 



803 



3 



173 



Blue shale. 



806 





Bottom of second well. 



