﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  131 
  

  

  but 
  we 
  were 
  not 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  in 
  place 
  although 
  

   some 
  were 
  found 
  loose 
  along 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  be- 
  

   low 
  this 
  village. 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  lower 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  Holmes 
  Hollow 
  brook, 
  one 
  mile 
  

   above 
  Delancey, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Hamden 
  and 
  western 
  part 
  

   of 
  Delhi 
  townships 
  are 
  loose 
  pieces 
  of 
  bluish 
  shales 
  containing 
  

   some 
  fossils 
  as 
  Liorhynchus, 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  Crinoid 
  stems 
  and 
  

   an 
  occasional 
  other 
  specimen. 
  Some 
  rather 
  calcareous 
  pieces 
  

   contain 
  very 
  poorly 
  preserved 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  Spirifer. 
  The 
  

   list 
  is: 
  

  

  1 
  Chonetes 
  scitula 
  Hall 
  

  

  2 
  Liorhynchus 
  mesacostalis 
  Hall 
  

  

  3 
  Orthoceras 
  sp. 
  

  

  These 
  loose 
  pieces 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  ledges 
  along 
  this 
  valley 
  and 
  

   of 
  Chemung 
  age. 
  They 
  are 
  hardly 
  rounded 
  enough 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   transported 
  any 
  considerable 
  distance 
  by 
  water. 
  Unfortunately, 
  

   the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  hills 
  lining 
  this 
  narrow 
  valley 
  are 
  covered 
  

   by 
  drift 
  almost 
  to 
  their 
  tops 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  opportu- 
  

   nity 
  to 
  hunt 
  for 
  these 
  fossiliferous 
  shales 
  in 
  place. 
  On 
  the 
  

   northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  near 
  the 
  western 
  line 
  of 
  Delhi 
  town- 
  

   ship, 
  about 
  400 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  river 
  road 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  

   coarse 
  grained 
  grayish 
  to 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  (LXVB 
  2 
  ) 
  with 
  

   an 
  exposure 
  of 
  16 
  feet. 
  In 
  the 
  field 
  below 
  these 
  ledges 
  are. 
  large 
  

   blocks 
  of 
  loose 
  reddish 
  sandstone. 
  Then 
  about 
  75 
  feet 
  are 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  when 
  another 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin 
  bedded 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  29 
  feet 
  

   thick 
  is 
  reached. 
  Above 
  for 
  45 
  feet 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  red 
  shale 
  

   mostly 
  covered 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  

   some 
  25 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  For 
  the 
  next 
  70 
  feet 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  

   covered, 
  then 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  five 
  feet 
  

   thick 
  occurs 
  near 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  numerous 
  

   blocks 
  of 
  unworn 
  red 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  rocks 
  just 
  described 
  

   forming 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  are 
  represented 
  on 
  the 
  

   Geologic 
  may 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Chemung 
  formation 
  but 
  their 
  

   texture 
  and 
  general 
  lithologic 
  appearance 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  formation 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Delaware 
  county. 
  This 
  section 
  may 
  be 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  diagram: 
  

  

  