2(;s 



Ni:w YORK spAi'i: :Mrsi:rM 



siudicd ill ;i lailicr lnnricd iiiauiu*!- bin, ai»i>r()xiiuait'ly, i^.")!) foot 

 ahovc I lie rixcr is ilic haso of the rocks w liich coiilinue for IMO tW^t 

 lo ilic loji of ilic liill (AM. TIic lower rocks ave dark ^ray shales 

 alK)ve which, toward the top of the hill, are rather blocky shales 

 and thill sandstones. Hamilton fossils occur in the shales in 

 moderate abundance while in some of the coarse, slialy sandstones 

 there are niiiiierous specimens of Hpirophyton and 8pirifer 

 ii r a 11 u 1 o s u s (Con.) H. & C. These rocks all belon«» in the 

 lower ])ait of the Hamilton formation and accordinj^- to the Sher- 

 wood measured section there are 372 feet exposed in the hill, 

 below which are about 200 feet covered.^ On the bare sandstone 

 ledj^e at the summit of the hill are conspicuous glacial striae, 

 some of them quite deep, which run w. 10° s. 



The followin<^* is an approximate section of Vroinan's Nose. 



610' 



250' 

 90' 



75' 

 0' 



150' 



15' 



75' 



Section of Vroman^s Nose 



Top of bill 



Arenaceous shales and sandstones 



Plamiltou 

 A* 

 Shales 



A^ Covered 



A^ Approximate position of the 15' of Marcellus 

 shale on Mill creek 



A^ Covered 

 Schoharie river 



15 Section along" Panther creek from the Schoharie river to about 

 two miles below West Fulton and then up the hill to the 

 southwest of the creek 



I'rosser, section X. lig. 201 



Foi- about 1)0 feet along the lowtn* part of Panther creek the 

 rocks are mostly covered when the foot of the gorge aft Houck's 

 falls is i-eached. This narrow glen is lined by clilTs of coarse 

 siiales and tliiii sandstones (X^) which are api])areiitly over 100 

 feel in height. IMcture rock, on the southern l)ank a little below 

 the falls is some 85 feet above the creek level below the falls; to 



lAiii. J'hil. Soc. IM-oc. 17:.'^,4.S. \See section 18 beyond] 



