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Report of the State Geologist. 



the Niagara limestone at Wales, South Wales, Elmwood, or at any point 

 within Ave miles southeast of these places, would pass through a good bed of 

 rock salt. 



Water-Power. 



Although there are several large streams in the county, they are not well 

 adapted to furnish much water-power. In their lower courses, where the 

 volume of water is large, they either now across a plain having very little fall, 

 or, as in the case of Eighteen-Mile creek, lie at the bottom of deep gorges, 

 where they are practically inaccessible. In the hill region, where there is 

 plenty of fall, the volume of water is small. Ellicott and Murder creeks 

 furnish good, but not continuous water-power where they break over the 

 limestone terrace, and the two branches of Cazenovia creek are capable of 

 furnishing much more power than is now used. At present it is principally 

 utilized for local grinding, sawing, etc. At Falkirk some of the power is used 

 in one or two of the cement and flour mills and, at Holland, in a large tannery. 

 Beyond these interests, water-power contributes very little toward the manu- 

 facture of products designed for outside use. 



While in most instances I have given the source of information furnished 

 for this report, I wish especially to acknowledge my obligation to the officers 

 of the South Buffalo Natural Gas Co. and to Mr. Michael Mclntyre, for the 

 use of maps and records of wells in the South Buffalo and Zoar fields, and to 

 Mr. J. W. Stearns and Mr. Mook, who have furnished me records of wells 

 drilled under their supervision. Also to Professor Franklin Barrows, who 

 has tinned over to me original material regarding; natural gas, which he 

 collected several years ago, and which has not heretofore been published. 



Note to Page 326. 



While the work of deepening the Erie canal was in progress in the 

 spring of 1897, the canal-bottom was exposed all the way from Ferry street 

 to the harbor. From Ferry street to the railroad bridge, well-defined glacial 

 markings were found wherever the bottom was covered by clay Or boulders. 

 This portion seems to have been a part of the river bottom when the canal 

 was made. From the railroad bridge to the harbor the canal-bottom was 

 glaciated almost continuously. Excellent areas of grooving and polishing 

 were noticed just above the Porter avenue bridge, and again near the New 

 York Central railroad bridge across the canal near the Terrace. 



