﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  587 
  

  

  overlie 
  the 
  clay 
  at 
  Laiiey's, 
  Brockway's 
  and 
  Dinan 
  & 
  Butler's 
  

   yards. 
  At 
  J. 
  Y. 
  Meade's 
  jscrd, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  I<ow 
  point, 
  

   the 
  clay 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  of 
  sand, 
  faintly 
  stratified, 
  

   and 
  above 
  this 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  of 
  unstratified 
  material; 
  coarse 
  sand, 
  

   pebbles 
  and 
  cobblestones, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  18 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  archean 
  rocks, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   shale, 
  limestone, 
  sandstone 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  contained 
  Paleozoic 
  

   fossils. 
  

  

  About 
  1000 
  feet 
  south 
  of 
  Meade's 
  yard 
  is 
  a 
  gravel 
  bank 
  8 
  

   to 
  15 
  feet 
  thick 
  of 
  material 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  overlying 
  the 
  clay 
  in 
  

   Meade's 
  bank. 
  At 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  embankment 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  spots 
  

   yellowish 
  clay 
  overlain 
  by 
  stratified 
  sand 
  has 
  been 
  struck. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  sections 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  wells 
  bored 
  at 
  Rhinebeck. 
  

   On 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  Robert 
  Duckley 
  : 
  

  

  Soil 
  and 
  yellow 
  clay 
  10 
  feet 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  , 
  82 
  " 
  

  

  Rock 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  92 
  ' 
  

  

  On 
  T. 
  Reed's 
  property: 
  

  

  Soil 
  and 
  yellow 
  clay 
  20 
  feet 
  

  

  Quicksand 
  100 
  " 
  

  

  Hardpan 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  120 
  

  

  tc 
  

  

  On 
  J. 
  O'Brien's 
  property: 
  

  

  Clay 
  20 
  feet 
  

  

  Quicksand 
  25 
  " 
  

  

  Hardpan 
  2 
  ^^ 
  

  

  Gravel 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  47 
  

  

  <c 
  

  

  