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Feet Total 



TnDisitional bids from the Manlius to the Coeymans. 

 T e 11 1 a (• u n t (* s g y r a o a n t li n s Eaton has 

 not been iioiict'd ill this zone, which is a litth' 

 below lln' nii(hlh' of llic clilV. hui S p i r i f e r 

 V a n 11 X T' ill i Hall reaches well toward its top. . . 14J-7()0^ 



.]f(niHus: I hill bedded liiiiestone, forming lower 

 l>art of vertical clit!'. Some of the layers contain 

 immense numbers of T e n t a e n 1 i t e s g y r a - 

 c a 11 thus Eaton :>IJ-74G 



Romlout H'utcrUme (?) ; best exposure near the base 

 of the cliff at the waterfall. The measurements of 

 ditTerent parts of the zone vary from 3i| to 45 



feeti ' 4i-714i 



Stratigiytpluc Kiiconfonnilij 



Lorraine heds. Partly covered ; shales and thin 

 Siindstones of the Hudson river beds exposed 

 along the road. At the toj) a massive sandstone 

 30 or more feet in thickness shown at the base 

 of the cliff to the east of the road, which may be 

 called the Indian Ladder cliff, at the waterfall. 

 Mr Walcott reported '' About 300 feet of the Hud- 

 son " in this section, and found specimens of 

 O r t h i s t e s t u d i n a r i a and T r i n u - 

 c 1 e u s c n c e 11 1 r i c u s .- 400-710 



Lower Hudson riv6r heds. Covered from the station 

 to a point near the base of the steep part of the 

 hill on the Indian Ladder road 310-310 



22 Section of Countryman hill, near New Salem 

 Prosser and Rovve, fig. 202 



The following section begins at the foot of the steep cliff a little 

 north of west of New Salem and continues to the top of the hill. 

 Ft is given in descending order. 



Feet Total 



Hamilton and Marccllus 425-1247 



Top of Countryman hill composed of rather 

 ai*enaceous shales that contain very few fossils. 

 On the top are loose glacial boulders of Cornif- 

 erous [Onondaga] limestone. Near the base of 

 this upper ridge are fine, argillaceous shales of 



'This zone consists partly of pyritlt'orous shalos winch litholoffically dilTcr 

 from the watorlinio and Professor Harris compares them with the Bniymiin 

 (Salina) shales below the Cobleskill limestone at Howes Cave (Bnl. Am. 

 Pal. no. H), p. 25) C. S. P. These beds represent the basal layer of an over- 

 la{)|)in^ series. A. w. G. 



2Geol. Soc. Am. I^ul. 1800, 1:845. 



