﻿The 
  Livonia 
  Salt 
  Shaft, 
  its 
  History 
  and 
  Geolo- 
  

   gical 
  Relations, 
  Etc. 
  

  

  James 
  Hall. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Livonia 
  salt 
  shaft 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  com- 
  

   municated 
  in 
  my 
  previous 
  reports, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  

   resume 
  of 
  the 
  facts 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  before 
  discussing 
  its 
  geological 
  

   position 
  and 
  relations. 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  3, 
  1890, 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  L. 
  Townsend, 
  vice-president 
  of 
  

   the 
  Livonia 
  Salt 
  Company, 
  wrote 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  that 
  the 
  

   company 
  were 
  then 
  engaged 
  in 
  sinking 
  a 
  shaft 
  of 
  12x22 
  feet 
  at 
  

   Livonia, 
  Livingston 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  that 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  

   would 
  be 
  about 
  1,400 
  feet, 
  and 
  would 
  pass 
  through 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  

   700 
  feet 
  of 
  shale 
  rock 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  thickness 
  of 
  lime 
  rock. 
  

   Mr. 
  Townsend 
  suggested 
  that 
  both 
  the 
  shale 
  and 
  lime 
  rock 
  would 
  

   contain 
  many 
  interesting 
  and 
  valuable 
  specimens 
  which 
  might 
  

   be 
  desirable 
  for 
  the 
  geological 
  department 
  to 
  obtain. 
  He 
  con- 
  

   cluded 
  his 
  letter 
  by 
  offering 
  to 
  give 
  aid 
  in 
  securing 
  such 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  and 
  render 
  facilities 
  for 
  examinations 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  formations 
  

   should 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  such 
  collections. 
  To 
  this 
  very 
  generous 
  

   letter 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Townsend, 
  answer 
  was 
  made 
  thanking 
  him 
  on 
  

   behalf 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  subject 
  and 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  he 
  had 
  shown 
  in 
  giving 
  us 
  this 
  notice 
  of 
  their 
  work 
  

   and 
  offering 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  making 
  collections, 
  and 
  express- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  of 
  his 
  liberal 
  offer. 
  

  

  In 
  answer 
  to 
  some 
  inquiries 
  addressed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Townsend, 
  in 
  the 
  

   letter 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  he 
  stated, 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  November 
  10, 
  

   1890, 
  that 
  the 
  shaft 
  was 
  then 
  down 
  about 
  seventy 
  feet 
  and 
  had 
  just 
  

   entered 
  the 
  shale 
  rock, 
  the 
  depth 
  named 
  having 
  been 
  through 
  

   drift 
  material. 
  He 
  stated 
  that 
  in 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  from 
  that 
  

   date 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  blasting 
  in 
  the 
  rock 
  and 
  would 
  continue 
  

  

  