﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  119 
  

  

  In 
  Prof. 
  Hall's 
  address 
  before 
  the 
  National 
  academy 
  of 
  science 
  

   in 
  1880 
  he 
  again 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  correlation 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  in 
  Frank- 
  

   lin, 
  and 
  apparently 
  referred 
  the 
  highest 
  rocks 
  of 
  that 
  township 
  

   to 
  the 
  Catskill 
  formation. 
  Prof. 
  Hall 
  said 
  " 
  crossing 
  from 
  One- 
  

   onta 
  and 
  approaching 
  Franklin 
  over 
  red 
  and 
  mottled 
  shales 
  and 
  

   sandstones 
  with 
  an 
  apparently 
  southwest 
  dip, 
  these 
  were 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  by 
  gray 
  and 
  greenish 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  carrying 
  

   Chemung 
  fossils; 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Delhi 
  these 
  latter 
  

   were 
  succeeded 
  by 
  red 
  rocks 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  fossiliferous 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chemung 
  are 
  found 
  lying 
  upon 
  that 
  formation 
  [the 
  Oneonta] 
  

   between 
  Norwich 
  and 
  Oneonta, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Sidney 
  Plains 
  

   [Sidney], 
  and 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  Franklin, 
  where 
  they 
  apparently 
  pass 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  great 
  red 
  sandstone 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  Catskills, 
  which 
  

   is 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  bones 
  and 
  scales 
  of 
  Holop- 
  

   iijcliius." 
  

  

  Darton, 
  in 
  considering 
  the 
  " 
  stratigraphic 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oneonta 
  and 
  Chemung 
  formations 
  in 
  eastern 
  central 
  New 
  York," 
  

   reported 
  that 
  " 
  The 
  fossiliferous 
  Chemung 
  shales 
  overlying 
  the 
  

   Oneonta 
  formation 
  south 
  of 
  Franklin 
  have 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  about 
  

   300 
  feet 
  and 
  present 
  the 
  usual 
  Chemung 
  character. 
  They 
  grade 
  

   upward 
  through 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  flags, 
  into 
  hard, 
  coarse, 
  crosebedded 
  

   gray 
  sandstones 
  with 
  intercalated 
  red 
  shale 
  layers." 
  5 
  

  

  While 
  in 
  Franklin 
  the 
  writer 
  called 
  upon 
  the 
  widow 
  of 
  Mr 
  

   Way 
  who 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  civil 
  war, 
  and 
  she 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  

   Round 
  Top 
  hill 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  best 
  localities 
  for 
  collecting 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  Another 
  place 
  described 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Mr 
  E. 
  P. 
  Howe 
  of 
  Frank- 
  

   lin, 
  who 
  was 
  well 
  acquainted 
  with 
  Mr 
  Way, 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  

   side 
  of 
  Ouleout 
  brook 
  opposite 
  the 
  Franklin 
  mills 
  between 
  80 
  

   and 
  90 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  creek. 
  At 
  this 
  locality 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  reddish 
  sandstone 
  over 
  thin, 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  and 
  

   Mr 
  Howe 
  thinks 
  the 
  fossils 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  red 
  rock. 
  There 
  is 
  

   no 
  question 
  but 
  that 
  this 
  zone 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  One- 
  

   onta 
  formation. 
  Mr 
  Howe 
  found 
  in 
  grayish 
  sandstone, 
  probably 
  

   near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation, 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  Arche- 
  

   opteris 
  jacksoni 
  Dn, 
  near 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ! 
  a 
  Science, 
  old 
  series, 
  Dec. 
  11, 
  18S0, 
  1 
  : 
  2f 
  0. 
  

   6 
  Am. 
  jour, 
  science, 
  3d 
  ser., 
  1893, 
  45:?207. 
  

  

  