. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 49 The Angola shale contains few fossils. In the beds exposed along Cazenovia creek plant remains are numerous. The beds immediately above the top of the Rhinestreet contain numerous nodules of pyrite which appear to be casts of fossils. The flattened concretions found in the middle of the formation at Angola contain fossils of a few species. Shale of this formation has been used for the manufacture of brick and other clay products. The Buffalo Sewer Pipe Company has a plant on
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 49 The Angola shale contains few fossils. In the beds exposed along Cazenovia creek plant remains are numerous. The beds immediately above the top of the Rhinestreet contain numerous nodules of pyrite which appear to be casts of fossils. The flattened concretions found in the middle of the formation at Angola contain fossils of a few species. Shale of this formation has been used for the manufacture of brick and other clay products. The Buffalo Sewer Pipe Company has a plant on the Lake Shore Railway just west of Angola which utilizes this shale. The Jewettvllle Brick Plant Number Two utilizes shale probably of this formation. It is situated a mile southeast of Orchard Park station on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. "MB! F. Houghton, Photo. Fig. 23. Brick kilns utilizing Angola shale, Orchard Park. The Ellicott plant, and the Jewettville Number One, at Jewettville, and Smith's yard at North Boston are all in this or the lowest Hanover beds. H anover Sh ale. The name Hanover shale has been applied to the upper portion, 112 feet thick, of a mass of 280 feet of gray shales and sandstones lying between the Rhinestreet shale below and the Dunkirk black shale above. The lower 168 feet of these have been given the name of Angola shale already described. The upper or Hanovtr shale was at first designated the Silver Creek shale because of its outcrop at the village of Silver [4]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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