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  Published 
  fortnightly 
  

   No. 
  561 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  February 
  15, 
  1914 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Museum 
  Bulletin 
  170 
  

  

  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTH 
  CREEK 
  QUADRANGLE, 
  

   WARREN 
  COUNTY, 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  BY 
  

   WILLIAM 
  J. 
  MILLER 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  The 
  North 
  Creek 
  quadrangle 
  comprises 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   215 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  Adirondacks. 
  The 
  map 
  1 
  

   covers 
  one-sixteenth 
  of 
  a 
  square 
  degree 
  which 
  lies 
  wholly 
  

   within 
  Warren 
  county. 
  A 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Hudson 
  

   Railroad 
  from 
  Saratoga 
  Springs 
  passes 
  through 
  the 
  region 
  from 
  

   southeast 
  to 
  northwest, 
  with 
  a 
  terminus 
  at 
  North 
  Creek 
  village. 
  

   This 
  railroad 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  entry 
  into 
  the 
  southeastern 
  Adiron- 
  

   dacks, 
  especially 
  for 
  summer 
  tourists. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  villages 
  of 
  the 
  quadrangle 
  are 
  North 
  Creek, 
  Hori- 
  

   con, 
  Pottersville, 
  Chestertown, 
  Wevertown, 
  and 
  Johnsburg 
  with 
  

   Warrensburg 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  southeastern 
  corner. 
  Considered 
  

   as 
  a 
  region 
  so 
  distinctly 
  within 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  Precambric 
  rock 
  

   area, 
  it 
  is 
  unusally 
  thickly 
  settled 
  and 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  roads, 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  help 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  detailed 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   complicated 
  geologic 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  quadrangle. 
  Agriculture 
  is 
  

   the 
  principal 
  industry, 
  though 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  visitors 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  numerous 
  hotels 
  and 
  summer 
  board- 
  

   ing 
  places, 
  especially 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  villages 
  and 
  'around 
  the 
  

   lakes. 
  This 
  region, 
  like 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  in 
  general, 
  was 
  formerly 
  

   heavily 
  forested 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  growth 
  timber 
  has 
  largely 
  been 
  cut 
  

   off 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  lumbering 
  industry 
  is 
  now 
  nothing 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  earlier 
  

   years. 
  

  

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  map 
  in 
  pocket 
  of 
  back 
  cover 
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  bulletin. 
  

  

  