134 The Corniferous is 9½ feet thick, The upper 3 feet are dark brown. The lower 6½ feet are light blue, with chest nodules and crinoidal remains. The Cornifer- ous rests directly on the Madison. The Madison is 26 feet thick and over- lies the rocky fissile C orniferous beds. The exposures are southeast of the house. 195— About 3¼ mile beyond the home of J.C. McCarty, and a short distance west of B.H. Edwards the Black Shale rests on the Corniferous at 1095. The Corniferous is dark brown sand and is 6¾ feet thick. It rests directly on 5 feet of hard siliceous shale at the top of the Low- er Silurian. The same Silurian rocks dip al- moust 20 degrees north- ward, the strike being N 70W. No evidence of the Onweda was seen anywhere. 137 196 26. North east of the rail- road station at Mitch- ellesburg, the Black Shale rests on the Cor- niferous at 1208. The Lower Silurian rocks are found immediate ly northward but no actual contacts were seen. — RR level at Mitchells burg. 1222. 127