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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Middleburg 
  

  

  Middleburg 
  is 
  the 
  next 
  township 
  in 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  valley 
  south 
  

   of 
  Schoharie, 
  a 
  famous 
  geological 
  region 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  outcrops 
  of 
  the 
  Helderberg 
  and 
  Corniferous 
  series 
  on 
  the 
  

   high 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  village, 
  known 
  as 
  

   West 
  and 
  East 
  mountains. 
  On 
  the 
  accompanying 
  geologic 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river, 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  West 
  mountain 
  690 
  feet 
  in 
  

   thickness 
  is 
  given 
  showing 
  the 
  formations 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  into 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  limestone. 
  The 
  section 
  

   will 
  not 
  be 
  described 
  more 
  fully 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  formations 
  under 
  consideration. 
  

  

  The 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Middleburg 
  township 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  its 
  gorge 
  may 
  be 
  re- 
  

   garded 
  as 
  terminating 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  town- 
  

   ship. 
  The 
  geological 
  formations 
  underlying 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  township 
  are 
  the 
  Marcellus 
  and 
  Hamilton; 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  township 
  is 
  cut 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Corniferous, 
  

   Oriskany 
  and 
  Helderberg 
  series, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Middleburg 
  

   village 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Moheganter 
  hill 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  township 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation 
  occur. 
  The 
  top 
  

   of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  limestone 
  shows 
  in 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  about 
  

   one 
  half 
  mile 
  below 
  Middleburg 
  village 
  where 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  small 
  

   fall; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Middleburg 
  and 
  East 
  Cobleskill 
  highway 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  township, 
  some 
  

   190 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  river 
  level. 
  This 
  gives 
  a 
  dip 
  of 
  over 
  105 
  feet 
  

   a 
  mile 
  for 
  the 
  limestone. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Middleburg 
  village 
  is 
  a 
  prominent 
  hill, 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  its 
  western 
  face 
  being 
  nearly 
  perpendicular 
  and 
  the 
  locality 
  

   is 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  the 
  cliffs." 
  The 
  rocks 
  are 
  sandstones 
  and 
  arenace 
  

   shales 
  containing 
  Hamilton 
  fossils 
  which 
  belong 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  formation. 
  The 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  cliff 
  given 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  XXXVII 
  B 
  2 
  . 
  On 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  

   Middleburg 
  and 
  about 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  prominent 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  known 
  as 
  Vroman's 
  Xose, 
  are 
  ledges 
  of 
  sandstone 
  

   and 
  shales 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Mohe- 
  

   ganter 
  hill. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  these 
  rocks 
  is 
  approximately 
  160 
  feet 
  

  

  n 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  philosophical 
  society, 
  17 
  :349. 
  

  

  