﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
  487 
  

  

  Feet. 
  Feet. 
  

  

  Slide 
  mountain 
  4205 
  | 
  Panther 
  mountain 
  3828 
  

  

  Peak-o-moose 
  3875 
  | 
  Spruce 
  top 
  3567 
  

  

  Table 
  mountain 
  3865 
  Eagle 
  mountain 
  3560 
  

  

  Balsam 
  mountain 
  3601 
  

  

  Belle 
  Ayre 
  mountain 
  3394 
  

  

  Overlook 
  mountain 
  3150 
  

  

  High 
  Point 
  3100 
  

  

  Graham 
  mountain 
  3886 
  

  

  Double 
  top 
  3875 
  

  

  Lone 
  mountain 
  3680 
  

  

  Mt. 
  Cornell 
  3881 
  

  

  Wittemberg 
  mountain 
  ..... 
  3778 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  Catskills 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  

   creek 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  portions 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  branches, 
  Kondout 
  

   creek, 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  jSTeversink 
  and 
  Dry 
  brook. 
  They 
  are 
  

   deep 
  and 
  steep 
  sided 
  but 
  contain 
  flats 
  of 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  width 
  at 
  

   the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  slopes 
  consist 
  of 
  alternations 
  of 
  irregular 
  

   rocky 
  ledges 
  usually 
  in 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  continuous 
  terraces, 
  with 
  

   intermediate 
  slopes 
  of 
  varying 
  degrees 
  of 
  steepness. 
  The 
  low 
  

   divides 
  at 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  streams 
  and 
  certain 
  of 
  their 
  

   branches 
  are 
  very 
  remarkable 
  features 
  of 
  physiography 
  of 
  the 
  

   Catskills 
  and 
  their 
  origin 
  Is 
  not 
  entirely 
  clear. 
  They 
  are 
  air 
  

   gaps 
  having 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  nearly 
  20u0 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Stony 
  

   Clove 
  and 
  they 
  afford 
  the 
  principal 
  means 
  of 
  communication 
  

   through 
  the 
  ranges. 
  The 
  divide 
  in 
  Stony 
  Clove 
  is 
  2100* 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide 
  level 
  ; 
  the 
  gap 
  at 
  Pone 
  hill, 
  1886 
  feet 
  ; 
  Mount 
  Hollow. 
  

   2650* 
  feet; 
  divide 
  between 
  Big 
  Indian 
  and 
  East 
  Branch 
  of 
  

   Neversink, 
  ^TOOf 
  feet; 
  West 
  Branch 
  of 
  ISTeversink-Beaverkill 
  

   divide, 
  2650f 
  feet 
  ; 
  Peak-o-moose 
  gap 
  at 
  head 
  of 
  Kondout 
  creek, 
  

   1640f 
  feet; 
  Kaaterskill-Schoharie 
  creek 
  divide, 
  1925* 
  feet; 
  

   Plattekill- 
  Schoharie 
  divide, 
  1925* 
  feet, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   others 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  indicated 
  in 
  plate 
  1 
  . 
  Stony 
  

   Clove, 
  " 
  Peak-o-moose 
  " 
  gap, 
  Mink 
  Hollow 
  and 
  Deep 
  Hollow 
  gaps 
  

   are 
  very 
  narrow 
  rocky 
  gorges 
  with 
  walls 
  rising 
  steeply 
  1200 
  

   feet 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  long 
  steep 
  slopes 
  above 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   adjoining 
  summits. 
  The 
  others 
  are 
  wide 
  depressions 
  with 
  slopes 
  

   of 
  various 
  degrees 
  of 
  steepness. 
  Excepting 
  in 
  the 
  Plattekill 
  

   and 
  Kaaterskill 
  divides 
  the 
  slopes 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   the 
  gaps 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  degree 
  in 
  either 
  direction. 
  

   The 
  Plattekill 
  and 
  Kaaterskill 
  hive 
  cut 
  deep 
  gorges 
  in 
  the 
  

   steep 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  Catskills 
  which 
  head 
  in 
  

  

  * 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Survey 
  determinations. 
  • 
  

  

  t 
  Aueroid 
  determinations 
  by 
  N. 
  H. 
  Darton. 
  The 
  others 
  are 
  from 
  Guyot. 
  

  

  