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shale noted at 1364 feet should be the one. But this is ex- 
ceedingly doubtful. In the well at Cherokee a body of shale 
10 feet thick is reported at 353 feet below the top of the 
Mississippian. To what this shale corresponds in the Mis- 
souri section is difficult to say, but probably it is the same as 
the 6 foot bed just mentioned in the Neodesha well, The 
record of the well at Stone City shows no shale whatever, 
although it reached a depth sufficient to do so. Likewise 
the well at Weir City shows none; but the Girard well, at a 
depth of 258 feet beneath the top of the Mississippian, has 
23 feet of shale. This again corresponds very well with 
the 6 feet of shale at the base of the Burlington limestone 
in the Neodesha well, and in the one at Cherokee. Before a 
conclusion is made, the fact is very apparent that, with the 
exception of this one thin shale bed, no shale whatever has 
been found by any of the deep wells a short distance west of 
the ore-producing area. 
A record of the deep well at Joplin has not been obtained, 
and only a partial one of the one at Empire City. No trace 
of shale, however, was reported from the Empire City well. 
While it is possible that a small shale bed a few feet in thick- 
ness may have been passed, one can hardly believe that as 
much as six feet of shale could have been encountered with- 
out experienced drillers reporting it. 
