﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
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  the 
  bottom 
  to 
  trie 
  top. 
  The 
  hill 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  coarse, 
  greenish 
  

   gray 
  sandstones,. 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  lower 
  are 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  sand- 
  

   stones. 
  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  hill. 
  The 
  order 
  of 
  these 
  

   various 
  outcrops 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  reproduced 
  section 
  from 
  the 
  

   Schoharie 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Leonard 
  hill. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Leonard 
  hill 
  is 
  Broome 
  Center 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Gilboa 
  township 
  with 
  an 
  elevation, 
  according 
  to 
  Guyot, 
  

   of 
  1973 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  On 
  the 
  highway 
  about 
  one 
  quarter 
  mile 
  east 
  

   of 
  this 
  village 
  are 
  ledges 
  of 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sand- 
  

   stones 
  identical 
  in 
  lithologic 
  characters 
  with 
  the 
  typical 
  Oneonta 
  

   sandstone. 
  On 
  the 
  hill 
  across 
  Keyser's 
  creek, 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Broome 
  township, 
  between 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  and 
  two 
  

   miles 
  ENE 
  of 
  Broome 
  Center 
  are 
  coarse 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  on 
  the 
  

   road 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  perhaps 
  100 
  feet 
  lower 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  red 
  

   rocks. 
  

  

  Conesville 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  Gilboa 
  is 
  Conesville, 
  the 
  southeastern 
  

   township 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  co. 
  Its 
  principal 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  Man- 
  

   orkill, 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  Catskills 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   township 
  and 
  flows 
  westward 
  emptying 
  into 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  

   one 
  mile 
  above 
  Gilboa. 
  The 
  eastern 
  and 
  northeastern 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  township 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  northeast 
  

   Border 
  Chain 
  of 
  the 
  Catskills, 
  using 
  Guyot's 
  name, 
  which 
  termin- 
  

   ates 
  in 
  Leonard 
  hill, 
  2649 
  feet 
  A. 
  T., 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Broome 
  Cen- 
  

   ter 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Gilboa 
  township. 
  Along 
  the 
  

   southern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Manorkill 
  is 
  

   the 
  Pisgah 
  range, 
  which 
  descends 
  very 
  rapidly 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  into 
  

   the 
  Manorkill 
  valley, 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  gently 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  in 
  

   Greene 
  county 
  toward 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Bataviakill. 
  

  

  LXXV 
  W 
  2 
  . 
  The 
  ledges 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Manorkill, 
  

   two 
  miles 
  above 
  its 
  mouth 
  and 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  from 
  Gilboa, 
  

   were 
  examined 
  somewhat 
  carefully. 
  This 
  locality 
  is 
  about 
  one 
  

   mile 
  below 
  Conesville, 
  formerly 
  called 
  Stone 
  Bridge, 
  from 
  a 
  high- 
  

   way 
  bridge 
  of 
  stone 
  over 
  the 
  Borerkill 
  at 
  that 
  place. 
  The 
  creek 
  

   highway 
  is 
  some 
  345 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  red 
  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  