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Strata of stone unconformable with those next below, seen best just above 
‘‘ Lower Cedar Hole,” contains a stratum ef breccia .....-----.---6- ---- 50 
Fossiliferous, top strata at west end ef bridge, thin strata one-half an inch 
to six inches thick, said to be....-. LS AR AM oad I SR ele Ae A 10 
These, with the 11 above nen-fossiliferous ...........----- 22. woe eee eee 15 
‘6 Wossiliferous ledge,” all the fossils in the quarry obtained here........--. 1 
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The fifty feet or more of strata near ‘‘ Lower Cedar Hole” did show 
about one foot in ten tothe south. The upper strata contained no fossils 
so far as soen, but near the bottom occurs one stratum which is com posed. 
in part of breccia. The fragments are about one-eighth of an inch thick 
and are clearly defined, and imbedded in a matrix of a lighter color. A 
portion of one of the strata was almost wholly composed of what seemed 
to be internal casts of a small shell—probably Loxonema hydraulica. Hall, 
I shall add no further remarks to those which have been. made above, 
except that the stratum marked as being fossiliferous above, contained 
many fragments of orthocerafites. No good cabinet specimens of any kind 
of fossils were secured here. The strata above the fossiliferous one are 
nearly all water-marked, or rather sun-marked as if dried or baked in 
the hot sun. They exhibit no signs of fossils, either animal or vegetable. 
From this locality the building stone used in Washington and vicinity 
is mostly obtained. The pavements are flagged with the thin sun and 
water marked stones. 
The only strata in the county higher than those at Rock Mills are 
found on Deer Creek, in the eastern part of the county. It would be 
dificult to assign these strata to their exact position without tracing 
them down stream on Deer Creek. 
