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•'lie t()i» of the shales under the hotel is approximately 130 feet, or 

 fonie l*i!0 feet above the Schoharie river level. The gorge is 

 narrow, iiHlicaliiig its recent forniaiion and has been cut from 

 rocks of Ha mi lion age. Some distance farther np the creek and 

 jierhajis not much higher than the top of the shales in the cliff 

 at IJouck's falls is the ni)i)er end of the gorge. The rocks (X-) 

 consist of shales and sandstones, some of the latter being quite 

 massive. On the northern side of the creek the exposui-e is some 

 25 to 30 feet in height and is labelled Blarney stone. The dip is 

 ai)i)arently heavy, being about 4° s. 30° av. Some of the shales 

 contain numerous specimens of S p i r i f e r granulosus 

 Con. and other Hamilton fossils. On the underside of a sand- 

 stone stratum just above the creek are large numbers of the very 

 niucrouate form of S p i r i f e r m u c r o n a t u s (Con.) Bill. 

 associated with Chonetes coronatus Con. The fossils 

 and the stratigrai)hic position of the zone show that it is in the 

 Hamilton formation. The species listed below were collected at 

 this locality : 



1 Spirifer granulosus Con. r 



2 S. miicronatiis {Con.) Bill, r 



3 Tropidoleptus earinatiis {Con.) Hall rr 



4 Camarotoechia prolifiea {Hall) H. <C- C. c 



5 Nyassa ai'g-iita Hall r 



6 Orthonota undulata Con. vv 



7 Chonetes coronatus (Oo7i.) Hall c 



Above the rocky gorge just described, well toward West Fulton, 

 Panther creek Howa in a deep gorge, but the sides are covered 

 with drift, clay and boulders of all sizes so that the bed rocks are 

 concealed. At the three corners, perhaps l-J miles below West 

 Fulton, the section leaves the valley of Fanther creek and follows 

 the highway turning westerly, Avhich ascends the steep hill that 

 rises to the south of the creek valley. The road corners, by the 

 barometer, are some 190 feet higher than the glen at X^ and the 

 slope of the hill for over 800 feet is pretty generally covered by 

 drift. There are a fcAv exposures along the highway in this 800 

 feet of elevation, as for exam})le (X'*) 145 feet above the corners 

 where fiite, bluish, argillaceous shales and somewhat greenish 

 sandstones occur. Again, 550 feet higher, toward the top of the 

 hill and west of the first road turning to the south, is a ledge of 

 rather coarse grained somewhat greenish gray sandstone (X^) 

 \\hic!i has been i-el'errcMl to the Sheiburne formation. About 145 

 feet higher, or by the barometer some 1280 feet above the level of 

 the Schohai-ie river a I tlie bridge below Breakabeen, are the 

 bluish, argillaceous shales of X*'. This locality is well toward the 

 Muminii of this jiart of the jdaU'au and is to th(^ west of the second 



