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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found. 
  It 
  is 
  uncertain 
  in 
  which 
  formation 
  this 
  

   ledge 
  belongs 
  and 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   cealed 
  rocks, 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  approximate 
  line 
  

   of 
  division 
  between 
  the 
  different 
  formations. 
  For 
  nearly 
  500 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  sandstone 
  ledge 
  of 
  V 
  5 
  the 
  bed 
  rocks 
  are 
  largely 
  

   concealed 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  occasioned 
  exposures 
  of 
  sandstones. 
  

   At 
  this 
  elevation, 
  approximately 
  1350 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river, 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  reached 
  and 
  the 
  

   land 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  any 
  in 
  this 
  general 
  region 
  except 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  where 
  the 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountains 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  

   toward 
  Stamford. 
  On 
  the 
  surface 
  are 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  loose 
  

   blocks 
  of 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  grayish 
  sandstone 
  but 
  no 
  pieces 
  of 
  red 
  

   rock 
  were 
  seen. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  sandstone 
  is 
  of 
  greenish 
  gray 
  color, 
  

   similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  

   sandstone 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  later, 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  

   west 
  of 
  North 
  Blenheim 
  and 
  four 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  this 
  locality. 
  

   The 
  general 
  features 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  diagrammatic 
  section 
  

   reproduced 
  herewith. 
  

  

  About 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  

   above 
  section 
  is 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Eminence 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  line 
  of 
  

   Blenheim 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  Summit 
  and 
  Jefferson 
  townships. 
  

   To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  some 
  50 
  feet 
  higher 
  is 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   highland 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  section 
  XXVIII 
  V. 
  Between 
  the 
  

   two 
  hills 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  narrow 
  valley 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  main 
  northern 
  

   branch 
  of 
  the 
  Westkill. 
  Capping 
  the 
  'hill 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  thin 
  

   bedded, 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  grayish 
  to 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  six 
  

   feet 
  or 
  more 
  showing 
  in 
  the 
  outcrop. 
  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  

   the 
  rock 
  considerably 
  resembles 
  coarse 
  layers 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  

   to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  valley, 
  or 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  Oneonta. 
  No 
  

   red 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  ledge 
  or 
  even 
  loose 
  pieces 
  were 
  seen. 
  This 
  hill 
  

   is 
  about 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  

   shales 
  of 
  XXVIII 
  W 
  1 
  and 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  

   coarse 
  sandstone 
  (XXVIII 
  D 
  5 
  ) 
  which 
  caps 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  

   North 
  Blenheim. 
  One 
  barometric 
  reading 
  gives 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eminence 
  hill 
  as 
  1200 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  

  

  