Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to the Governor for the Fiscal Year Ending ..., Volumes 1874-1876St. Paul Press Company, 1876 |
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... Strophomena . The Upper Trenton , sometimes known as the Blue limestone in the northwest , which is about 125 feet thick , consists of a bluish or grayish , evenly bedded limerock , varying from fine - grained and compact , in layers of ...
... Strophomena . The Upper Trenton , sometimes known as the Blue limestone in the northwest , which is about 125 feet thick , consists of a bluish or grayish , evenly bedded limerock , varying from fine - grained and compact , in layers of ...
Page 280
... Strophomena . The stone is not of much account , owing to its being encumbered so heavily with the shale , but is very desirable for the uniformity of its thickness . S. C. Pettit has a quarry of the same kind on northeast quarter of ...
... Strophomena . The stone is not of much account , owing to its being encumbered so heavily with the shale , but is very desirable for the uniformity of its thickness . S. C. Pettit has a quarry of the same kind on northeast quarter of ...
Page 281
... Strophomena , and exposes a thickness of about 140 feet . The Upper Trenton appears S. E. sec . 6 , Forestville , along a little ravine , and is slightly opened by John Hipes . It also appears at other points between there and Spring ...
... Strophomena , and exposes a thickness of about 140 feet . The Upper Trenton appears S. E. sec . 6 , Forestville , along a little ravine , and is slightly opened by John Hipes . It also appears at other points between there and Spring ...
Page 317
... Strophomena , Murchisonia , Pleurotomaria , Orthoceras are common . The orth- oceratites are unusually large . This stone is the one most used in this county for building pur- poses . The stone for the buildings about Rochester were for ...
... Strophomena , Murchisonia , Pleurotomaria , Orthoceras are common . The orth- oceratites are unusually large . This stone is the one most used in this county for building pur- poses . The stone for the buildings about Rochester were for ...
Page 98
... Strophomena alternata . Strophomena tenuistriata . Sow . ( a variety . ) Orthis testudiuaria . Dal . Strophomena fluctuosa . Bill . Discina Pelopea . Bill . Rhynchonella capax . Con . ( increbescens of Hall . ) Orthis plicatella . H ...
... Strophomena alternata . Strophomena tenuistriata . Sow . ( a variety . ) Orthis testudiuaria . Dal . Strophomena fluctuosa . Bill . Discina Pelopea . Bill . Rhynchonella capax . Con . ( increbescens of Hall . ) Orthis plicatella . H ...
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