﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OP 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  195 
  

  

  -enter 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  at 
  that 
  locality. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  creeks 
  

   have 
  cut 
  deep 
  valleys, 
  specially 
  in 
  their 
  lower 
  courses. 
  

  

  XXVIII 
  V. 
  This 
  section 
  begins 
  near 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  

   river, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Bouck's 
  falls, 
  or 
  about 
  half 
  

   the 
  distance 
  from 
  Panther 
  creek 
  to 
  North 
  Blenheim, 
  and 
  follows 
  

   the 
  highway 
  along 
  the 
  Fulton-Blenheimi 
  boundary 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   west. 
  Along 
  the 
  river 
  road 
  are 
  smooth, 
  bluish 
  shales 
  (V 
  1 
  ) 
  which 
  

   contain 
  very 
  few 
  fossils 
  although 
  they 
  are 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  overlying 
  

   rocks 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  formation. 
  Just 
  above 
  the 
  first 
  

   house 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  leading 
  up 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  in 
  the 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  Fulton 
  township 
  is 
  an 
  exposure 
  of 
  15 
  feet 
  of 
  

   bluish, 
  arenaceous, 
  quite 
  fossiliferous 
  shales 
  (V 
  2 
  ), 
  approximately 
  

   165 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  The 
  shales 
  contain 
  a 
  Ham- 
  

   ilton 
  fauna 
  in 
  which 
  formation 
  this 
  zone 
  belongs 
  and 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  species 
  were 
  collected: 
  

  

  1 
  Camarotoechia 
  prolifica 
  (Hall) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (aa) 
  

  

  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  thin 
  layers. 
  

  

  2 
  Spirifer 
  audaculus 
  (Con.) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Imperfectly 
  preserved. 
  

  

  3 
  Ambocoelia 
  umbonata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  Strophalosia 
  truncata 
  (Hall) 
  Beecher 
  (?) 
  (r) 
  

  

  5 
  Paracyclas 
  lirata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  6 
  Orthonota 
  (?) 
  parvula 
  Hall 
  (rrj 
  

  

  7 
  Nyassa 
  arguta 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  8 
  Ptcrinea 
  flabelkt, 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  9 
  Actinopteria 
  boydi 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

   A 
  massive 
  sandstone 
  (V 
  3 
  ) 
  crosses 
  the 
  road 
  65 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

  

  shales 
  and 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  to 
  the 
  northwest 
  for 
  some 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  near 
  the 
  first 
  road 
  turning 
  to 
  

   the 
  north, 
  the 
  bed 
  rock 
  being 
  mostly 
  concealed 
  by 
  drift. 
  Ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  barometer 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  concealed 
  interval 
  is 
  

   595 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  massive 
  sandstone 
  of 
  V 
  3 
  , 
  although 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  southeast 
  dip 
  as 
  shown 
  above, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  

   concealed 
  rocks 
  have 
  this 
  thickness. 
  Just 
  below 
  the 
  first 
  turn 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  are 
  ledges 
  of 
  rather 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  

   grayish 
  to 
  bluish 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  20 
  feet 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  exposed. 
  

  

  