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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ship, 
  while 
  Sutton 
  hill 
  is 
  2573 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  or 
  338 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   highway 
  pass. 
  On 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  about 
  135 
  

   feet 
  below 
  the 
  highway 
  pass 
  is 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  ledge 
  of 
  coarse 
  

   grained, 
  crossbedded, 
  bluish 
  gray 
  sandstone. 
  At 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  outcrop 
  are 
  massive 
  blocks 
  which 
  have 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  

   solid 
  stratum 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  joints. 
  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found 
  

   except 
  plant 
  stems. 
  75 
  feet 
  higher 
  is 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  another 
  heavy 
  

   ledge 
  of 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  with 
  red 
  shale 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  sand- 
  

   stones. 
  The 
  upper 
  gray 
  sandstone 
  is 
  succeeded 
  by 
  red 
  sandstone 
  

   which 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  red 
  shales 
  to 
  the 
  pass. 
  Higher 
  on 
  the 
  flanks 
  

   of 
  both 
  Sutton 
  hill 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  pass 
  are 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  with 
  some 
  greenish 
  sand- 
  

   stone, 
  but 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  later 
  in 
  the' 
  section 
  from 
  the 
  

   Catskill 
  creek 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  this 
  range. 
  On 
  the 
  

   Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  red 
  shales 
  of 
  Sutton 
  pass 
  are 
  

   mapped 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  formation, 
  while 
  the 
  mas- 
  

   sive 
  grayish 
  to 
  bluish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  below 
  are 
  called 
  Ohemung. 
  

  

  LXI 
  A. 
  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Manorkill 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  border 
  

   of 
  the 
  township 
  is 
  the 
  steep 
  Pisgah 
  range 
  which 
  was 
  examined 
  

   along 
  the 
  highway 
  crossing 
  the 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Oonesville. 
  

   It 
  was 
  determined 
  that 
  Oonesville 
  was 
  about 
  395 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   stratum 
  of 
  red 
  sandstone 
  in 
  the 
  gorge 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  and 
  

   the 
  Manorkill 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  is 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  lower. 
  A 
  section 
  was 
  

   examined 
  from 
  the 
  creek 
  level 
  along 
  the 
  highway 
  to 
  its 
  summit 
  

   and 
  then 
  to 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  highway. 
  

   This 
  section 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  plate 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   refer 
  to 
  its 
  general 
  details 
  in 
  this 
  description. 
  The 
  lower 
  370 
  feet 
  

   are 
  concealed 
  but 
  red 
  and 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  are 
  reached 
  at 
  the 
  

   turn 
  in 
  the 
  highway 
  by 
  the 
  farmhouse. 
  The 
  alternation 
  of 
  red 
  

   and 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  and 
  red 
  shales 
  continues 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  road 
  

   summit, 
  565 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Manorkill. 
  Then 
  there 
  

   are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  about 
  145 
  feet 
  of 
  

   mainly 
  thin 
  bedded, 
  coarse, 
  grayish 
  sandstone. 
  Succeeding 
  these 
  

   gray 
  to 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  predominate 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  

   some 
  red 
  layers 
  for 
  140 
  feet 
  to 
  850 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  Manorkill 
  when 
  

  

  