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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Swift 
  creek 
  section 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  both 
  Yanuxem 
  and 
  

   Emmons, 
  but 
  their 
  accounts 
  are 
  so 
  scattered 
  in 
  different 
  paragraphs 
  

   through 
  their 
  writings 
  thnt 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  gather 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  

   section 
  as 
  described 
  by 
  them, 
  until 
  one 
  has 
  visited 
  the 
  locality, 
  and 
  

   so 
  familiarized 
  himself 
  with 
  it 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  piece 
  together 
  their 
  

   several 
  accounts. 
  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  compai'ing 
  the 
  early 
  work 
  

   done 
  by 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  foregoing 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  1 
  have 
  

   condensed, 
  arranged 
  and 
  correlated 
  the 
  paragraphs 
  of 
  their 
  descrip- 
  

   tions, 
  as 
  follows. 
  These 
  show 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  our 
  previous 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  section, 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  section 
  intro- 
  

   duced, 
  facilitate 
  the 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Yanuxem 
  ('42 
  p. 
  84) 
  says 
  that 
  "one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  localities 
  for 
  observ- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Clinton 
  group 
  is 
  on 
  Swift 
  creek, 
  which 
  flows 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  

   Rodgers' 
  machine 
  factory 
  into 
  Sauquoit 
  creek." 
  His 
  account 
  (1. 
  c. 
  

   p. 
  83, 
  84, 
  85, 
  77, 
  91, 
  96) 
  together 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Emmons 
  ('43 
  p. 
  

   146 
  and 
  151) 
  may 
  be 
  summarized 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Oneida 
  conglomerate 
  is 
  not 
  visible. 
  It 
  appears 
  however 
  on 
  

   the 
  road 
  from 
  Utica 
  to 
  New 
  Hartford, 
  at 
  Mason's 
  quarry. 
  It 
  also 
  

   forins 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  

   and 
  Sauquoit 
  creek, 
  New 
  York 
  Mills. 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  a 
  variable 
  

   mixture 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  quartz 
  pebbles, 
  solid 
  and 
  somewhat 
  friable, 
  

   white, 
  yellow 
  or 
  pink 
  ; 
  dip 
  nearly 
  horizontal 
  ; 
  divided 
  into 
  irregular 
  

   layers. 
  The 
  Frankfort 
  slate 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  rests 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  

   several 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  hillside 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  quarry, 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   conglomerate. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Clinton 
  staye^ 
  94 
  feet 
  are 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  Swift 
  creek 
  section. 
  

  

  1) 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  green 
  shales 
  and 
  thin-bedded 
  sandstones 
  with 
  

  

  fucoids 
  occurs 
  between 
  the 
  factory 
  and 
  the 
  ravine. 
  (Field 
  

   number 
  E 
  1.) 
  

  

  2) 
  Sandstone 
  in 
  small 
  quarry, 
  presenting 
  fucoids 
  and 
  other 
  bodies 
  

  

  in 
  relief. 
  (Field 
  numbers 
  E 
  2 
  & 
  3.) 
  

  

  3) 
  Conglomerate 
  of 
  small 
  pebbles 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  quartz, 
  with 
  

  

  some 
  elongated 
  black 
  ones. 
  Surface 
  presents 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   short 
  curves 
  as 
  if 
  water 
  worn. 
  (Field 
  number 
  E 
  4.) 
  

  

  4) 
  Shale 
  above 
  the 
  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  quarry, 
  making 
  the 
  third 
  

  

  mass 
  in 
  the 
  series. 
  Contains 
  Beyrichia 
  lata^ 
  etc. 
  30-40 
  feet 
  

   (Field 
  number 
  E 
  5.) 
  

  

  