180 University of Kansas Geological Survey. 
is important in that it gives the stratigraphic position Rt both the 
Mentor and Kiowa. 
Section of the Natural Corral, by J. W. Beede. 
No. Feet. 
Se Sandstone mconuopy Ofghnl ee ere eer an eee .. 40(?)—106 
7. Hard brownish sandstone containing Lamellibranchs 7— 66 
and Gastropods. Mentor. 
6. Yellowish and blue arenaceous shales and sand- 20— 59 
stones. 
5. Yellowish, very friable, sometimes variegated sand- 8— 39 
stone, 6 to & feet thick. 
4, Argillaceous and arenaceous shales and sandstones 30— 31 
that contain an abundance of iron pyrites. 
3. Layer with structure similar to cone-in-cone, 2 to 4 
inches thick. 
2. Shaly limestone and shales containing abundant I— 1 
specimens of Kiowa fossils. 
i. Kted and blue shaies of the Wellington. 
Mr. Beede states that the Kiowa occurs at about the 1600 foot 
contour line and may be found frequently at this elevation through- 
out the township. Blocks of a shaly limestone from between the 
northeast and northwest quarter of sections 8 and 9 South Sharps 
Creek township show excellent specimens of T'urritella. The Kiowa 
extends from the “‘Naturai corral” south to the vicinity of Windom, 
and three miles east of Windom, Mr. Beede found an outcrop show- 
ing both the Mentor and Kiowa, below which are gypsiferous 
shales. 
Mr. W. N. Logan has also sent me specimens of Kiowa fossils 
from section 27, South Sharps Creek and section 29 Sharps Creek 
township, McPherson county. Mr. Logan writes that: “This shell 
bed rests between layers of shale about 25 feet above red shales. At 
a distance of about 25 feet above the shell bed is unmistakable 
Dakota sandstone. These shells occur in a line almost directly 
west in Ellsworth county, near the eastern border.” The speci- 
mens from the latter locality are pinkish shaly limestones, filled with 
Ostrea, siinilar to the shaly limestones found in the upper part of 
the Kiowa shales i in southern Kansas. 
