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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  Frank- 
  

   lin.' 
  7 
  In 
  this 
  section 
  Prof. 
  Hall 
  reported 
  " 
  greenish 
  and 
  gray 
  

   shales 
  and 
  shaly 
  sandstone 
  " 
  as 
  succeeding 
  the 
  Hamilton, 
  then 
  

   from 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  feet 
  of 
  "red 
  shale 
  and 
  shaly 
  sandstone 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  fucoidal 
  remains 
  " 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  

   formation; 
  while 
  succeeding 
  the 
  red 
  shales 
  are 
  about 
  100 
  feet 
  

   of 
  " 
  non-fossilif 
  erous 
  shale 
  and 
  shaly 
  sandstone." 
  The 
  greenish, 
  

   red, 
  and 
  non-fossiliferous 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  or 
  numbers 
  9, 
  S 
  T 
  

   and 
  7 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  " 
  represent 
  the 
  Portage 
  group." 
  

   The 
  succeeding 
  250 
  to 
  300 
  feet 
  of 
  greenish 
  to 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  and 
  

   shales 
  are 
  stated 
  to 
  contain 
  fossiliferous 
  bands 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  

   the 
  bones 
  and 
  teeth 
  of 
  fishes 
  associated 
  with 
  Brachiopod 
  and 
  

   Lamellibranch 
  shells. 
  Among 
  the 
  shells 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis 
  

   Hall 
  and 
  Gypricardites 
  chemungensis 
  Vanuxem 
  [Goniophora 
  che- 
  

   mungensis 
  (Van.) 
  Hall] 
  were 
  mentioned. 
  Capping 
  the 
  hills 
  are 
  

   from 
  100 
  to 
  150 
  feet 
  of 
  "greenish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  and 
  shaly 
  sand- 
  

   stones 
  " 
  in 
  which 
  fossils 
  were 
  not 
  distinctly 
  mentioned. 
  In 
  

   correlating 
  these 
  upper 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  Prof. 
  Hall 
  said 
  

   they 
  " 
  are 
  always 
  marked 
  by 
  characteristic 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  

   group 
  " 
  and 
  that 
  " 
  having 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  personally 
  examined 
  the 
  region 
  in 
  

   question, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  fossil 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  taken 
  together 
  the 
  most 
  unequivocal 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  group 
  in 
  these 
  localities." 
  Col. 
  Jewett 
  

   reported 
  that 
  at 
  Franklin 
  he 
  " 
  found 
  Mr 
  J. 
  M. 
  Way, 
  a 
  gentleman 
  

   who 
  for 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  examining 
  the 
  rock 
  and 
  collecting 
  the 
  

   fossils; 
  and 
  ... 
  he 
  has 
  succeeded 
  in 
  investigating 
  the 
  whole 
  

   strata 
  of 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  and 
  collecting 
  many 
  fossils. 
  With 
  

   his 
  assistance 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  section 
  from 
  the 
  Ouleout 
  

   creek 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  hill 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  

   village 
  of 
  Franklin, 
  more 
  than 
  800 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness,"* 
  Jewett 
  

   reported 
  about 
  400 
  feet 
  of 
  red 
  shale 
  with 
  some 
  red 
  sandstone 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  above 
  which 
  was 
  greenish 
  shales 
  and 
  

   gray 
  sandstones 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  the 
  upper 
  350 
  

   feet 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  reported 
  as 
  containing 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  

   formation 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  referred 
  these 
  rocks 
  stating 
  that 
  he 
  be- 
  

   lieved 
  " 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  old 
  red 
  sandstone 
  (Catskill 
  formation) 
  

   in 
  this 
  state." 
  

  

  a 
  15th 
  an. 
  rep't 
  regents 
  on 
  state 
  cabinet 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  p. 
  198. 
  

  

  