﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OP 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  185 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin, 
  crossbedded, 
  grayish 
  

   sandstone. 
  From 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  road 
  summit 
  is, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  barometer, 
  955 
  feet, 
  which 
  as 
  already 
  stated 
  is 
  apparently 
  all 
  

   Hamilton. 
  If 
  this 
  correlation 
  and 
  Sherwood's 
  statement 
  that 
  

   the 
  " 
  top 
  of 
  Vroman's 
  Nose, 
  passes 
  under 
  water 
  at 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  

   tow-path 
  road 
  [which 
  is 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  Fultonhani] 
  " 
  a 
  be 
  correct, 
  

   then 
  the 
  Marcellus 
  and 
  Hamilton 
  formations 
  on 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  

   river 
  have 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  1670 
  feet, 
  which, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  

   shown 
  later 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  underestimate 
  rather 
  than 
  an 
  over- 
  

   estimate 
  of 
  their 
  thickness. 
  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  

   road, 
  Blenheim 
  hill 
  is 
  considerably 
  higher, 
  perhaps 
  200 
  feet, 
  but 
  

   the 
  writer 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  the 
  opportunity 
  to 
  examine 
  it. 
  The 
  

   eo 
  stern 
  side 
  of 
  Blenheim 
  hill 
  is 
  very 
  steep 
  and 
  rocky 
  and 
  along 
  

   the 
  tow-path 
  road 
  are 
  cliffs 
  of 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones. 
  

   The 
  rocks 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  belong 
  stratigraphically 
  in 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  from 
  Fultonham 
  west 
  across 
  the 
  

   northern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hill. 
  

  

  XXVIII 
  X. 
  This 
  section 
  is 
  along 
  Panther 
  creek 
  from 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river 
  to* 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  below 
  West 
  Fulton 
  and 
  then 
  

   up 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  creek. 
  For 
  about 
  90 
  feet 
  along 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Panther 
  creek 
  the 
  rocks 
  are 
  mostly 
  covered 
  

   when 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  gorge 
  at 
  Bouck's 
  falls 
  is 
  reached. 
  This 
  

   narrow 
  glen 
  is 
  lined 
  by 
  cliffs 
  of 
  coarse 
  shales 
  and 
  thin 
  sandstones 
  

   {X 
  1 
  ) 
  which 
  are 
  apparently 
  over 
  100 
  feet 
  in 
  hight. 
  Picture 
  rock, 
  

   on 
  the 
  southern 
  bank 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  falls 
  is 
  some 
  85 
  feet 
  above 
  

   the 
  creek 
  level 
  at 
  its 
  base; 
  while 
  from 
  the 
  creek 
  level 
  below 
  the 
  

   falls 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  shales 
  under 
  the 
  hotel 
  is 
  approximately 
  

   130 
  feet, 
  or 
  some 
  220 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  level. 
  The 
  

   gorge 
  is 
  narrow 
  indicating 
  its 
  recent 
  formation 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   cut 
  from 
  rocks 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  age. 
  Some 
  distance 
  farther 
  up 
  the 
  

   creek 
  and 
  perhaps 
  not 
  much 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  shales 
  in 
  

   the 
  cliff 
  at 
  Bouck's 
  falls 
  is 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  gorge. 
  The 
  

   rocks 
  (X 
  2 
  ) 
  consist 
  of 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  quite 
  massive. 
  On 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   posure 
  is 
  some 
  25 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  hight 
  and 
  is 
  labeled 
  the 
  Blarney 
  

  

  a 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  philosophical 
  soc. 
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  : 
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