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it in the vicinity. This, hke many others of the kind, is unfounded ; 
there being every reasonable proof that no lead ore exists, except it be 
in minute particles, scattered through a great mass of rock. The as- 
sertion, also, that the metal was cut out with an axe, proves the story 
to be a fabrication, as the common ore of lead is brittle and cannot be 
cut in this manner. 
Four or five miles south of the village of Lagrange, a sandstone is 
quarried on the land of Mr. Marshall, and used for hearth stones, tomb- 
stones, &c. Grindstones are obtained in Canisteo, on the land of Mr. 
Carter ; in Woodhull, on the land of William Stroud, Esq. and else- 
where ; in Jasper, on the land of Col. Towsley. These quarries sup- 
ply all the surrounding country. They are of great economical im- 
portance ; and the occurrence of similar rock in so many different 
places renders it probable that the mass is continuous. 
From Lagrange I proceeded southward and passed over to the head 
waters of Troup's creek. Li the bed and banks of this stream about 
three miles from the Pa. line, sandstone and green shale appear ; the 
sandstone contains a mass of one foot thick, composed of shells of 
Delthyris ; the shale contains shells, crinoidal joints and corallines. 
Farther south on the stream, the rocks are principally reddish or choco- 
late colored shales and sandstones, with a few fossils. This mass 
forms the highest rock in this part of the country. 
The dip of all the rocks is to the south, at a mean of less than one 
degree. They are all highly bituminous, and the surfaces of many of 
the springs are covered with petroleum. 
ALLEGANY. 
The general elevation of this county is higher than Steuben and Che- 
mung, while the rocks are the same ; a difference produced both by a 
greater thickness of the mass, and a dip to the east or southeast. 
The northern portions of the county are occupied by the lower and 
upper Fucoidal groups, or the Gardeau and Portage rocks ; the lower 
of the two is however rarely visible, except in deep ravines or water 
courses. The upper portions of the Portage rocks form the cascades 
and deep escarpments along the line of their northern outcrop ; in ma- 
ny places extending beyond the limits of the county into Livingston, 
and Genesee. At the falls on the Canaseraga, in the town of Burns, 
the Portage rocks are much exposed ; but it is at Portage, as has been 
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