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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Gilboa 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  Blenheim 
  is 
  Gilboa 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   dle 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  southern 
  townships 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  co. 
  The 
  

   central 
  part 
  is 
  crossed 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  to, 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  

   Schoharie. 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  which, 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  

   Gilboa 
  village 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary 
  of 
  Gilboa 
  and 
  

   Blenheim 
  townships, 
  a 
  high 
  and 
  precipitous 
  hill 
  rises. 
  The 
  two 
  

   other 
  principal 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  are 
  the 
  Minekill, 
  which 
  

   rises 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  township 
  and 
  enters 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river 
  from 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  the 
  Plattenkill 
  from 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  XXVIII 
  Z 
  1 
  . 
  About 
  half 
  way 
  between 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  North 
  Blen- 
  

   heim 
  and 
  Gilboa 
  is 
  the 
  Minekill 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  courserunning 
  

   very 
  near 
  the 
  township 
  line. 
  Just 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Minekill 
  

   along 
  the 
  western 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  are 
  bluish 
  shales 
  

   in 
  which 
  a 
  few 
  imperfectly 
  preserved 
  fossils 
  occur. 
  The 
  rocks 
  

   however 
  are 
  principally 
  rather 
  thin, 
  bluish 
  sandstones, 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  unfossiliferous 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  prominent 
  layer 
  of 
  green 
  

   shales. 
  The 
  fossils 
  from 
  the 
  blue 
  shales 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  

   brook 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Minekill 
  are 
  so 
  imperfectly 
  preserved 
  and 
  

   fragmentary 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  possible 
  to 
  identify 
  them 
  more 
  

   than 
  generically. 
  The 
  list 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  1 
  Liorhynchus 
  (?) 
  or 
  

  

  Camarotoechia 
  (?) 
  sp. 
  (c) 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  agree 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  figures 
  

   of 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  species 
  of 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  genera. 
  

  

  2 
  (?) 
  Palaeoneilo 
  sp. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Broken 
  specimen 
  showing 
  the 
  characters 
  imperfectly. 
  

  

  3 
  Orbiculoidea 
  neglecta 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Specimen 
  imperfectly 
  preserved 
  but 
  apparently 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  4 
  Lamellibranch 
  * 
  • 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Fragment 
  of 
  long 
  shell 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Discina 
  is 
  imbedded. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Minekill 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  main 
  river 
  road 
  are 
  the 
  cascade 
  

   and 
  gorge 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Minekill 
  falls. 
  The 
  gorge 
  at 
  the 
  cas- 
  

   cade 
  is 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  the. 
  walls 
  are 
  perpendicular, 
  perhaps 
  100 
  

   feet 
  high. 
  The 
  main 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  cut 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  sparingly 
  fossilifer- 
  

  

  