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Transcription
"", Reith is satisfied to refer all of the
Drilton to the Upper Cambrian, because below.
He then went a little farther north and then
crossed the ridge of the Drilton, and then came
upon the Highgate slate. The limestone are here as
elsewhere in the Lown Fork and these limestones are
fearfully squeezed into one another. Fossils are com-
on here but are not good, and as they are practically
of the same kinds as in the Highgate Falls did not
try to get a collection. See the four forms left. These
however are of a higher horizon since they are
in the lower forty of the Highgate. Those of Highgate
Falls are in the upper Drilton.
This locality is 2/3 miles north 15o W. of
Highgate Centre. It is a little farther north
and a little more east than the Lown Cambrian
locality.
The contact between the Colchester and Milton
is a very irregular one. This irregularity appears to be
due to the pushing of the Milton dolomite into the
soft and yielding beds of the Colchester. There is known
a head here for on the Parkers farm above the Hard
Ledge is a knight met at once present at the Russell
Ledge. They have Rhysia festinata, Bathgynthus klr-