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and are exposed occasionally over nearly half a section. They 
are here marked by crinoid columns, and a few shells. On 
W. H. Kendricks place, some stone have been taken out. 
They can be quarried here to any extent at a very trifling ex¬ 
pense. North-west of Kendricks’ house is a low ledge of the 
encrinal beds, consisting of about fifteen feet of yellowish or 
light-grey spangeous limestone, of a very uneven texture, as 
shown in weathering and very indistinct stratification. Above 
it is five feet, more compact, surmounted again by six feet of 
soft limestone. On the surface are masses of compact bluish- 
grey, irregularly bedded limestone, containing coarse corals 
and a few fossil shells. These upper beds include about thir¬ 
ty-five feet, and are similar to those seen at Menomonee Falls 
and Grafton. They make excellent lime, and will lay up well 
in rough walls for fence. Two miles south of Menomonee 
I 1 alls, the same layers are seen in Howard’s quarry. The same 
fossils are seen as at Waukesha, but the layers are quite thin. 
At the I alls the encrinal and coral beds occur along the river 
bank, cuiiously intermingled with thin layers of blue compact 
limestone. They are very much broken, and apparently tilted 
by some local disturbance so as to be of very little use as quar- 
1 } T -tone. I wo miles north-east, in Germantown, a quarry oc¬ 
curs similar to that south of the town at Howard’s, except that 
the rock is softer. 
GRAFTON AND CEDARBURG QUARRIES. 
On the Milwaukee river at Grafton, and along the Cedar 
creek for a mile or two from its mouth, are extensive expo¬ 
sures of the upper beds of the Niagara limestone. They are 
mostly too soft, too hard, or too irregular in bedding and text¬ 
ure to be of any value for working. An occasional bed occurs 
of an even texture, moderately compact stone, regularly bed - 
b.ed, which cuts in good shape, and might be extensively used, 
and even exported, with profit. Considerable of the stone has 
been taken out and dressed at Cedarburg and Mequon. It re¬ 
sembles in color and texture the Madison stone, but is softer 
