"in the bluer shale or just at the junction of the Clevel and shales. The Cleveland shales are here of a very black color, split into thin plates and not more than 20 feet thick. Found no fossils. Herder has gotten some coal remain from them. Every shot is pyrite, common as Then come the Erie shales of a bluish color with bands of imp- pure limestone holding a fair quantity of Georgian fossils (Cheney's) in rather poor condition. The shale break into very small pieces in the horse and can readily be separated from the black shale lying above. Looked over Herder cabinet and got some few specimens."