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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  township 
  of 
  Meredith 
  lies 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  Delhi, 
  and 
  as 
  its 
  

   geologic 
  formation 
  is 
  so 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   Delhi 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  best 
  to 
  describe 
  them 
  together. 
  The 
  rocks 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  township 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation, 
  except 
  

   the 
  small 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  corner 
  which 
  is 
  Chemung. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  region 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  to 
  be 
  studied 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Watauga 
  

   falls 
  and 
  Hall's 
  hill, 
  represented 
  graphically 
  on 
  section 
  65 
  E. 
  

  

  Watauga 
  falls 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  glen 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  

   northeast 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Delhi, 
  and 
  are 
  formed 
  by 
  Honest 
  

   brook 
  just 
  before 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river. 
  The 
  

   section 
  in 
  detail 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  30 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  level 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  

   mill 
  pond. 
  This 
  is 
  mostly 
  covered 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  small 
  exposure 
  

   of 
  massive 
  sandstone 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  dam. 
  

  

  55 
  feet 
  of 
  very 
  heavy, 
  red 
  Oneonta 
  sandstone 
  in 
  layers 
  from 
  

   three 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  thick 
  forming 
  the 
  lowest 
  fall. 
  This 
  rock 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  some 
  worm 
  trails, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  layers 
  is 
  

   seen 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  specimen 
  of 
  ripple 
  marking. 
  

  

  15 
  feet, 
  mostly 
  covered, 
  marks 
  the 
  short 
  distance 
  up 
  the 
  brook 
  

   to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  fall. 
  

  

  42 
  feet 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  red 
  shale 
  forms 
  the 
  second 
  fall. 
  A 
  careful 
  

   search 
  for 
  fossils 
  revealed 
  nothing 
  except 
  one 
  very 
  good 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  of 
  fucoid, 
  a 
  plant 
  about 
  one 
  foot 
  long 
  and 
  showing 
  several 
  

   branches. 
  

  

  Immediately 
  above 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  third 
  fall 
  of 
  38 
  feet, 
  over 
  a 
  ledge 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  red 
  shale, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  the 
  

   heavy, 
  red 
  sandstone 
  like 
  the 
  first 
  fall. 
  The 
  surface 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  shaly 
  layers 
  is 
  sun-cracked, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sandstones 
  there 
  are 
  

   several 
  large 
  pot 
  holes. 
  This 
  sandstone 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  prominent 
  

   ledge 
  along 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  glen, 
  while 
  the 
  shales 
  below 
  it 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  talus 
  slope. 
  Near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  road 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  small 
  lenticular 
  layer 
  

   of 
  a 
  very 
  soft, 
  light 
  gray 
  shale. 
  The 
  layer 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  in 
  

   extent 
  and 
  about 
  two 
  inches 
  thick, 
  and 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  hard- 
  

   ness 
  much 
  resembled 
  soapstone. 
  * 
  

  

  Above 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  fall 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  covered 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  

   of 
  490 
  feet, 
  or 
  until 
  we 
  approach 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  known 
  

   as 
  Kound 
  Top, 
  which 
  is 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Watauga 
  falls 
  glen. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  is 
  a 
  nine-foot 
  ledge 
  of 
  red 
  Oneonta 
  

   sandstone 
  showing 
  the 
  best 
  example 
  of 
  ripple 
  marking 
  that 
  has 
  

   been 
  found 
  anywhere 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  A 
  few 
  hundred 
  yards 
  

   farther 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  is 
  a 
  four-foot 
  ledge 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  occupy 
  

   very 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  position 
  as 
  that 
  just 
  described, 
  but 
  which 
  

   is 
  composed 
  of 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  instead 
  of 
  red. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  

   in 
  this 
  ledge 
  is 
  very 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  the 
  layers 
  varying 
  from 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  to 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  thickness 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  they 
  show 
  

  

  