﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OP 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  

  

  129 
  

  

  20 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  Eight 
  feet, 
  gray 
  sandstone. 
  This 
  ledge 
  shows 
  very 
  nicely 
  the 
  

   curious 
  crossbedded 
  appearance, 
  called 
  by 
  Vanuxem 
  the 
  " 
  ob- 
  

   lique 
  laminae 
  of 
  deposition." 
  The 
  layers 
  which 
  are 
  all 
  about 
  

   one 
  half 
  inch 
  in 
  thickness 
  appear 
  to 
  dip 
  in 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  different 
  

   directions 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  ledge. 
  

  

  41 
  feet, 
  covered, 
  brings 
  us 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  section. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  ridge 
  of 
  hills, 
  between 
  Honest 
  

   brook 
  and 
  Steele's 
  brook 
  was 
  followed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Meredith. 
  Dar- 
  

   ton 
  claims 
  this 
  entire 
  distance 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  by 
  Chemung, 
  but 
  

   the 
  most 
  careful 
  search 
  failed 
  to 
  reveal 
  a 
  single 
  Chemung 
  fos- 
  

   sil, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  outcrops 
  which 
  appeared 
  along 
  the 
  route 
  were 
  

   five 
  small 
  ledges 
  of 
  typical 
  Oneonta 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones. 
  

  

  The 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  big 
  round 
  hill 
  just 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Mer- 
  

   edith 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  a 
  three-foot 
  ledge 
  of 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  which 
  

   is 
  in 
  lithologic 
  character 
  far 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  fine 
  grained 
  

   Chemung 
  which 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  says 
  should 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  Federal 
  Hill, 
  no. 
  LXVA, 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  southeast 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  Delaware 
  river, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Delhi. 
  The 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  starts 
  from 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  dam, 
  and 
  

   runs 
  in 
  a 
  nearly 
  straight 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  wood 
  

   road 
  crosses 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  directly 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  home 
  of 
  Mr 
  William 
  H. 
  Fisher. 
  The 
  measurements 
  for 
  this 
  

   section 
  were 
  all 
  taken 
  with 
  a, 
  Locke 
  level, 
  and 
  so 
  are 
  more 
  accu- 
  

   rate 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  The 
  section 
  in 
  detail 
  is: 
  

  

  121 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  34 
  feet, 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  ledge 
  of 
  red 
  shale 
  capped 
  by 
  gray 
  

   sandstone 
  layers. 
  This 
  ledge 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  just 
  

   behind 
  the 
  house 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr 
  Thomas 
  Farrington, 
  and 
  the 
  

   sharp 
  contrast 
  of 
  color 
  between 
  the 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  makes 
  

   it 
  a 
  very 
  striking 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  landscape. 
  

  

  117 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  32 
  feet, 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone 
  ledge. 
  

   60 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  12 
  feet, 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  ledge. 
  This 
  ledge 
  contains 
  also 
  a 
  

   small 
  lenticle 
  of 
  soft, 
  lumpy, 
  gray 
  shale, 
  about 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  

   thickness. 
  

  

  53 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  Nine 
  feet, 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  gray 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  33 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  10 
  feet, 
  massive 
  red 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  145 
  feet, 
  covered. 
  

  

  20 
  feet, 
  gray 
  sandstone. 
  This 
  ledge 
  forms 
  quite 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  

  

  