﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  113 
  

  

  Franklin 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Sidney 
  is 
  Franklin 
  township, 
  which 
  is 
  bounded 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  townships 
  of 
  Otego 
  and 
  Oneonta, 
  Otsego 
  

   county. 
  The 
  principal 
  stream 
  is 
  Ouleout 
  brook 
  which 
  crosses 
  

   the 
  township 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  direction 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  

   and 
  flowing 
  across 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Sidney 
  township 
  enters 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  between 
  Unadilla 
  and 
  East 
  Unadilla. 
  

  

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  In 
  the 
  southwestern 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  is 
  the 
  

   tunnel 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Western 
  railroad 
  about 
  half 
  

   way 
  between 
  the 
  Merrickville 
  and 
  North 
  Walton 
  stations 
  and 
  two 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  Franklin 
  Station. 
  Before 
  the 
  

   excavation 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  the 
  railroad 
  crossed 
  the 
  ridge 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  a 
  " 
  zig 
  zag 
  " 
  which 
  served 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  locality. 
  This 
  

   ridge 
  forms 
  the 
  divide 
  between 
  the 
  head 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  

   entering 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  tho:e 
  flowing 
  

   into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  is 
  

   1764 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  1636 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

   The 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  shows 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  of 
  solid 
  

   rock 
  consisting 
  of 
  fairly 
  massive 
  and 
  shaly 
  sandstones 
  alternat- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  arenaceous 
  and 
  argillaceous 
  shales. 
  The 
  lower 
  rocks 
  

   are 
  mainly 
  of 
  bluish 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  then 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   cut 
  are 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  

   and 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  these 
  grayish 
  to 
  greenish 
  and 
  bluish 
  sandstones 
  

   and 
  shales. 
  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  and 
  

   only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Walton 
  station 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  rock 
  taken 
  from 
  it 
  were 
  dumped. 
  Bed 
  shale 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  predominates, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  green- 
  

   ish 
  to 
  bluish 
  shale 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  Lamelli- 
  

   branch 
  shells. 
  In 
  a 
  rock 
  slightly 
  more 
  irregular 
  in 
  texture 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  fish 
  scales 
  and 
  bones 
  were 
  found 
  with 
  which 
  were 
  as- 
  

   sociated 
  Lingula 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  shells. 
  Archaeopteris 
  and 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  other 
  plants 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  on 
  the 
  

   dump 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  tunnel. 
  The 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  tunnel 
  is 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  approach 
  it 
  is 
  all 
  

   massive 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  of 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  bedding 
  

  

  