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  YORK 
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  stone. 
  The 
  dip 
  is 
  apparently 
  heavy, 
  being 
  about 
  4° 
  S 
  30° 
  W. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  shales 
  contain 
  . 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  Spirifer 
  

   granulosus 
  Con. 
  and 
  other 
  Hamilton 
  fossils. 
  On 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  

   of 
  a 
  sandstone 
  stratum 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  creek 
  are 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   the 
  very 
  mucronate 
  form 
  of 
  Spirifer 
  mucronatus 
  (Con.) 
  Bill, 
  as- 
  

   sociated 
  with 
  dionetes 
  coronata- 
  Con. 
  The 
  fossils 
  and 
  the 
  strati- 
  

   graphic 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  zone 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  forma- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  species 
  listed 
  below 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  this 
  locality: 
  

  

  1 
  Spirifer 
  granulosus 
  Con. 
  (r) 
  

  

  2 
  S. 
  mucronatus 
  (Con.) 
  Bill. 
  (r) 
  

  

  3 
  Tropidoleptus 
  carinatus 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  GamarotoecMa 
  prolifica 
  (Hall) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (c) 
  

  

  5 
  Nyassa 
  arguta 
  Hall 
  (r) 
  

  

  6 
  Ortkonota 
  undulata 
  Con. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  7 
  Chonetes 
  coronata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  Above 
  the 
  rocky 
  gorge 
  just 
  described, 
  well 
  toward 
  West 
  Ful- 
  

   ton, 
  Panther 
  creek 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  gorge, 
  but 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  drift, 
  clay 
  and 
  boulders 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  bed 
  rocks 
  are 
  

   concealed. 
  At 
  the 
  three 
  corners, 
  perhaps 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  

   below 
  West 
  Fulton, 
  the 
  section 
  leaves 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Panther 
  

   creek 
  and 
  follows 
  the 
  highway 
  turning 
  westerly 
  which 
  ascends 
  

   the 
  steep 
  hill 
  that 
  rises 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  valley. 
  The 
  

   road 
  corners, 
  by 
  the 
  barometer, 
  are 
  some 
  190 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  

   glen 
  at 
  X 
  2 
  and 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  for 
  over 
  800 
  feet 
  is 
  pretty 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  covered 
  by 
  drift. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  exposures 
  along 
  the 
  

   highway 
  in 
  this 
  800 
  feet 
  of 
  elevation, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  X 
  4 
  , 
  145 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  corners 
  where 
  fine, 
  bluish, 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  greenish 
  sandstones 
  occur. 
  Again, 
  550 
  feet 
  higher, 
  

   toward 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  road 
  turning 
  to 
  

   the 
  south, 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grained 
  somewhat 
  greenish 
  

   gray 
  sandstone 
  (X 
  5 
  ) 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  

   formation. 
  About 
  145 
  feet 
  higher, 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  barometer 
  some 
  

   1280 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  bridge 
  be- 
  

   low 
  Breakabeen, 
  are 
  the 
  bluish, 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  of 
  X 
  6 
  . 
  This 
  

   locality 
  is 
  well 
  toward 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plateau 
  and 
  

   is 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  road 
  turning 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

  

  