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green shales and sandstones. Williams
says they are essentially sandstone but
nothing of the Cataract fauna was seen.
This group may have a thickness of 10
feet. Certainly these beds are not red.
Then come in red sandy shales
and sandstone estimated at 25 feet. It
is in the upper 10 feet that the White-
mine quarries are situated.
Then appear locally two layers of Q.
Archimedes that together have a thickness
of 30 inches. They are as well developed
here as at Grimsthy. Along the Treaty
line one sees these beds to their advantage
and it is true that one sees the same
runout in a distance of 500 feet.
Over these humors come in more red
sandy shales and sandstones the thickness
of which I do not know but seemingly it
cannot be more than 10 feet.
At the top is the Big Band about