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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  covered 
  for 
  about 
  14 
  feet 
  when 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  massive, 
  quite 
  thick 
  

   bedded, 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  from 
  eight 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  thick, 
  occurs 
  and 
  

   this 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  red 
  sandstone. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  

   plants 
  no 
  fossils 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  more 
  nearly 
  resemble 
  

   the 
  Oneonta. 
  or 
  Catskill 
  than 
  the 
  Chemung. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Almeda, 
  a 
  station 
  about 
  half 
  way 
  

   between 
  Hobart 
  and 
  Bloomville 
  on 
  the 
  Ulster 
  and 
  Delaware 
  rail- 
  

   road 
  there 
  is, 
  for 
  about 
  80 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  railroad, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  

   part 
  soft, 
  argillaceous 
  shale; 
  then 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  coarse, 
  greenish 
  

   gray 
  sandstone 
  is 
  reached 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  35 
  feet 
  thick. 
  Above, 
  

   the 
  rocks 
  are 
  partly 
  covered, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  quite 
  frequent 
  ex- 
  

   posures 
  of 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  which 
  extend 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  hill, 
  180 
  feet 
  higher. 
  The 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  

   of 
  Rose's 
  brook 
  is 
  apparently 
  in 
  the 
  Chemung 
  formation 
  as 
  

   colored 
  on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Again, 
  the 
  dividing 
  

   line 
  between 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  and 
  Chemung 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  near 
  the 
  clove 
  road 
  south 
  of 
  Hobart. 
  On 
  this 
  road 
  near 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  is 
  a 
  bank 
  of 
  soft 
  red 
  shale 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  thick- 
  

   ness. 
  On 
  the 
  clove 
  road 
  and 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  some 
  130 
  feet 
  

   lower 
  than 
  the 
  red 
  shales 
  are 
  coarse, 
  grayish, 
  irregular 
  bedded 
  

   sandstones 
  between 
  red 
  shales. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ledge 
  is 
  

   coarse 
  grained 
  red 
  sandstone 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  texture 
  as 
  the 
  gray 
  

   sandstone. 
  There 
  are 
  layers 
  of 
  breccia 
  with 
  clay 
  pebbles, 
  

   slightly 
  calcareous, 
  but 
  no 
  fossils 
  were 
  found. 
  There 
  is 
  so 
  much 
  

   red 
  shale 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  that 
  the 
  roads 
  and 
  fields 
  are 
  colored 
  red 
  

   from 
  it 
  and 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  fertile 
  country. 
  These 
  outcrops 
  south 
  of 
  

   Almeda 
  in 
  Stamford 
  township 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  clove 
  road 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  Roxbury 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Stamford 
  township 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  river 
  is 
  Roxbury, 
  the 
  most 
  eastern 
  township 
  of 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  crossed 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  by 
  the 
  

   east 
  or 
  Pepacton 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  which 
  is 
  lined 
  

   on 
  both 
  sides 
  by 
  steep 
  hills 
  or 
  mountains. 
  On 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  

   of 
  Neiv 
  York 
  the 
  river 
  valley 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  are 
  

  

  