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826 The American Geologist. November, 1893 
Slate 210 to 1778 feet 1 x B 
Sand shells 30 to 1808 feet J g* 
Slate 27 to 1835 feet \ 352 
Shells aDd slate 10 to 184.") feet j ~_ 
Slate 75 to 1920 feet I S | 
f Sand shells ("Ganty" ^ 
"Hundred foot" sand - sand) .52 to 1952 feet g 
I "Fifty foot" Band 55 to 2007 feet g 
Slate 68 to 2075 feet o • 
Slate and shells 45 to 2120 feet % 
Slate 30 to 2150 feet y 397 
"Gordon"' oil sand, some oil 30 to 2180 feet 
Slate 52 to 2232 feet 
Shells (4th sand) 12 to 2244 feet 
Slate 40 to 2284 feet 
Sand, 5th sand, oil at 2292 feet 33 to 2317 feet 
Sand shells 7 to 2324 feet 
Slate and sand shells 23 to 2347 feet 
Slate to bottom 37 to 2384 feet 
In this record have been indicated the probable equivalents 
of the classified series of surface beds given in White's Penna. 
reports, Q 2 , Q 3 , and Q 4 . This particular oil well was not a 
large producer, but it was only one-half mile distant from the 
famous Mathews well which poured forth such an enormous 
flood of oil, its maximum output being about seven hundred 
barrels per hour, for a day or two, from the "5th sand'* of the 
above record. 
The visitor often wonders what will become of this magnif- 
icent exhibit, collected and arranged at such great expense 
(about $200,000), and constituting such a valuable means of 
imparting instruction. Most certainly it should be kept to- 
gether, and we would suggest that no more appropriate place 
could be found than the University of Chicago, whose foun- 
dations have been laid so broad and deep by the chief organ- 
izer and controlling spirit of the Standard Company, Mr. John 
J). Rockefeller. 
Professor Hyatt's Rejoinder. 
Prof. Hyatt's recent paper on the "Terms of Bioplastology," 
which is reproduced in this number, from the "Zoologische 
Anzeiger" of August last, is welcome to students of morphol- 
ogy as it helps to simplify the earlier befogging terminologies 
which had gone far to disprove the old proverb : -'Hard 
words break no bones." Though it adds one more series to 
