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take to be of Micaman age sepoing with a
head upon the "Clinton series." (I see above.
Anywhere in the agim of Limehouse could I
see contact between the "Clinton" and the
Queerstown. In the cut 1/4 mile east of the
station we are evidently on an old raised
head line of the lake. On both sides of the cut,
or which is any ground
in sand the upper level of the cut is occupied
with loose rocks of all kinds laid flat as on
a head and cemented together by the percolating
waters. At first I though the railway had thrown
in this material to hold the sand below but there
is altogether too much of this material to
hold the crew. The railroad men said the same.
Benjetown lies 300 feet lower than the
cut at Limehouse. All of this is apparently in
the old Richmond = Queerstown, or in the
Lorraine. Could find no exposures about
Benjetown.
It is more evident that in Clinton time we
are of against the southern shore and the