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"24 inches thick made of mud-talls that
have rolled up during a storm.
Between the Oredina sandstone and the
Lockport there is here not a trace of the
lifter Anthus phyus [illegible] Oredina, none
of the thin bedded Clinton (10 feet),
of the thick
Clinton limestone (4 feet),
or any of the Rochester
Shale (30 feet). In other minds 44 feet of Nia-
garan beds are here out. Then for the Oredina
at Stjornitz is 16 feet thick while here at Hamil-
ton it is only 8 feet thick.
Below the Oredina appears the Cataract
Formation, at the top are 5 feet of green shale
and then follows damorud red argillaceous
sandstones that abound in Stelpria. Below
are more red shales with an occasional
sandstone for about 10 feet in depth. Below
are more green shales with an occasional
arenaceous limestone of which one could
make out along the road side about 10 feet
more.
The uppermost beds are well shown alny