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H.J. Rose Quarry Bed of Menomonee river, river near NW Corner 26-7-21
Here is found in the bed of the river and rising some five or six feet above it at limestone disposed in regular laers from half an inch to several inches in thickness; affording an excellent material for building, much used in Milwauke for the foundation, or cellar walls of houses. It is quaried and hled to town by horse teams at an expense of five dollars per cord. It also makes a good lime when burned. This rock evidently underlies the porous layer found in the hills above, and quarried at Pettibon's and Brown's. The layers have a sensible dip towards the N.E. but there is not sufficient surface exposed to enable us to ascertain with much accuracy the degree or rate of dip. It has a light gray color inclining to blue; and occasionally are found small cavities once filled with some minerals probably sulphuret of iron.
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Only three fossils have yet been detected.
[list of fossils]
A similar limestone is found in Lisbon, Prairieville, Troy, &c, Genesseee &c. Also on Fox river below Lake Winnebago. Also on the Peshtigo for 30 miles above its mouth forming rapids. This is probably blue limestone.
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The limestone at the Root river rapids 3 1/2 miles from Racine dips strongly towards Lake Michigan.
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1845
Miscellaneous
The road along the lake shore a few miles north of Milwaukee which was first traveled in 1836 or 1837 is now (August 1845) so near the bank at one place that wagons could not go in the old track without great danger of being overturned down the steep clay bank. A slide part of the way down the bank as tree upon it in their original erect position. Many trees were observed which were nearly ready to fall- others partially fallen and hung only by a few roots remaining in the firm ground above the breach of the bank. The action of waves carries away the base of the bank causing the higher portions to crumble or slide down. This process was very much accelerated by the high water of 1838.
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