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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  water 
  is 
  in 
  Esopus 
  shales 
  to 
  the 
  northward, 
  and 
  it 
  extends 
  along 
  

   the 
  western 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  anticlinal. 
  In 
  its 
  

   course 
  southward 
  it 
  cuts 
  through 
  a 
  small 
  arch 
  of 
  Oriskany 
  beds 
  

   in 
  a 
  short 
  gorge, 
  then 
  flows 
  through 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  upper 
  Shaly 
  

   limestone. 
  At 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Binne 
  water 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  meadow 
  

   underlaid 
  by 
  Becraft 
  limestone 
  and 
  the 
  lake 
  basin 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   lower 
  Shaly 
  beds. 
  The 
  outlet 
  is 
  southward 
  through 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   gorge 
  extending 
  diagonally 
  across 
  the 
  central 
  anticlinal 
  of 
  the 
  

   region, 
  below 
  which 
  the 
  brook 
  turns 
  eastward 
  around 
  a 
  cliff 
  

   of 
  Pentamerus 
  limestone 
  and 
  flows 
  into 
  a 
  sink. 
  Its 
  waters 
  

   come 
  out 
  again 
  in 
  a 
  spring 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  lower 
  

   Shaly 
  limestone 
  ridge 
  and 
  flow 
  past 
  Whiteport 
  station 
  to 
  the 
  

   Rondout 
  Creek. 
  

  

  The 
  exposures 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  Binne 
  water 
  region 
  are 
  very 
  

   numerous. 
  The 
  Oriskany 
  beds 
  are 
  extensively 
  developed 
  as 
  

   silicious 
  and 
  somewhat 
  cherty 
  limestones 
  containing 
  an 
  abundant 
  

   fauna. 
  They 
  extend 
  along 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  Yalley 
  railroad 
  north 
  

   from 
  Whiteport 
  station 
  for 
  several 
  miles, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   excellent 
  exposures 
  of 
  fossiliferous 
  members 
  in 
  the 
  slope 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  track 
  The 
  upper 
  Shaly 
  limestone 
  constitutes 
  

   man}^ 
  of 
  the 
  ridges 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Binnewaters 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  slopes 
  between 
  the 
  railroad 
  and 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  

   Hurley, 
  north 
  of 
  Whiteport 
  station. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  moderately 
  dark-gray 
  

   impure 
  limestone, 
  with 
  the 
  characteristic 
  slaly 
  cleavage 
  which 
  

   gives 
  rise 
  to 
  very 
  sharp 
  ragged 
  outcrops. 
  It 
  is 
  moderately 
  

   fossiliferous, 
  and 
  its 
  thickness 
  is 
  about 
  100 
  feet. 
  The 
  Becraft 
  

   limestone 
  occupies 
  several 
  ridges 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  Binnewater, 
  

   the 
  ridge 
  between 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  Binnewaters, 
  the 
  western 
  

   and 
  northern 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  Binnewater, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  cliffs 
  and 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  ridge 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   Binnewater. 
  It 
  crosses 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Hurley 
  a 
  mile 
  northwest 
  of 
  

   Whiteport 
  station, 
  and 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  second 
  ridge 
  west 
  of 
  

   the 
  railroad 
  to 
  vithin 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  

   light-color< 
  d, 
  thick-bedded, 
  very 
  fossiliferous 
  limestone 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   thickness 
  of 
  thirty 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  lower 
  Shaly 
  limestone 
  forms 
  the 
  central 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  Binnewater 
  region 
  and 
  gives 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  

  

  