The dips taken vary somewhat in amount, from 27° to 42°,
but the strike is fairly constant, usually within a few degrees of
^astwest. Ip a very few cases the dip was almost exactly
north.
Slates in the Manganese District. — The shales through the
south half of section 34, 2 N., 15 W., dip 27° N. White's
slate quarry is situated in the southwest quarter of the south-
west quarter of this section. The beds which are worked at
this place may be readily traced across the country eastward,
and they have been more or less developed at several points.
Near the south line of section 35, at Mooneyes, the exposures
are far better for working, as the stream has there cross-cut
them in the line of dip. At White's the dip is 27°, at Mooney's
it is 38°, due north in both places.
