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  Foe 
  tt- 
  seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  diagram 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  section 
  in 
  the 
  Livonia 
  

   shaft, 
  from 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  380 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  

   where 
  the 
  depth 
  is 
  1,432 
  feet, 
  was 
  prepared 
  from 
  notes 
  made 
  

   daily 
  and 
  shows 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  each 
  stratum 
  passed 
  through. 
  

   It 
  should 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  the 
  observations 
  and 
  record 
  were 
  

   made 
  when 
  the 
  material 
  was 
  fresh, 
  and 
  the 
  descriptions 
  are 
  

   intended 
  to 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  rock 
  while 
  in 
  that 
  condition, 
  very 
  little 
  

   allowance 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  exposure. 
  

  

  By 
  your 
  direction 
  I 
  visited 
  several 
  times 
  the 
  Greigsville 
  Salt 
  

   Mining 
  Company's 
  shaft 
  at 
  North 
  Greigsville, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   York, 
  Livingston 
  county, 
  1ST. 
  Y., 
  and 
  the 
  Lehigh 
  Salt 
  Mining 
  Com- 
  

   pany's 
  shaft, 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Le 
  Roy, 
  Genesee 
  

   county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  obtaining 
  such 
  information 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  rock 
  section 
  and 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  rock 
  salt 
  at 
  those 
  

   localities 
  as 
  I 
  might 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  secure, 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  comparison 
  

   with 
  the 
  section 
  in 
  the 
  Livonia 
  shaft. 
  

  

  At 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  shafts 
  the 
  debris 
  was 
  well 
  situated 
  for 
  exam- 
  

   ination, 
  and 
  the 
  salt 
  beds 
  were 
  seen 
  and 
  examined 
  by 
  descending 
  

   into 
  the 
  mines 
  after 
  drifting 
  had 
  been 
  begun. 
  

  

  I 
  also 
  examined 
  the 
  debris 
  from 
  the 
  Retsof 
  shaft 
  No. 
  2 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  York, 
  Livingston 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  the 
  outcropping 
  of 
  

   rock 
  along 
  the 
  stream 
  which 
  flows 
  by 
  it. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  also 
  visited 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  Yates, 
  Ontario, 
  Livingston, 
  

   Genesee 
  and 
  Wyoming 
  counties 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  outcroppings 
  of 
  

   strata, 
  and 
  to 
  collect 
  data 
  regarding 
  the 
  surface 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  

   Western 
  New 
  York 
  salt 
  field 
  and 
  the 
  geological 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  wells, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  note 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  any 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  thickness 
  or 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  groups 
  or 
  formations 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  Livonia 
  section. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  assigned 
  to 
  me, 
  I 
  received 
  only 
  

   the 
  most 
  courteous 
  treatment 
  from 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  employes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Livonia 
  Salt 
  and 
  Mining 
  Company 
  with 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  

   in 
  contact. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  D. 
  Hyman, 
  the 
  general 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  W. 
  Johnson, 
  superintendent, 
  gave 
  me 
  unrestricted 
  privileges, 
  

   and 
  have 
  done 
  everything 
  in 
  their 
  power 
  to 
  assist 
  me 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  

   record 
  complete 
  and 
  accurate. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  also 
  under 
  obligations 
  to 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  E. 
  George, 
  former 
  super- 
  

   intendent, 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  II. 
  Strickland, 
  the 
  present 
  superintendent, 
  

   and 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  for 
  much 
  kindness. 
  

  

  

  