﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  237 
  

  

  The 
  steep 
  slope 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  divide 
  toward 
  Smithton 
  

   is 
  well 
  covered 
  by 
  drift 
  and 
  soil 
  with 
  occasional 
  outcrops 
  of 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  and 
  shales 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  section 
  LVI 
  C. 
  Smithton 
  is 
  over 
  500 
  

   feet 
  higher 
  than 
  Cooksburg 
  on 
  the 
  Catskill 
  creek 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  Potter 
  hollow 
  creek 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  between 
  Smithton 
  and 
  

   Potter 
  hollow, 
  160 
  feet 
  lower 
  than 
  Smithton, 
  are 
  plenty 
  of 
  red, 
  

   argillaceous 
  shales. 
  It 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  statement 
  that 
  

   The 
  steep 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  Smithton 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   Oneonta 
  formation. 
  

  

  LXXVI 
  B. 
  This 
  section 
  extends 
  along 
  Lake 
  brook 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   east 
  of 
  Livingstonville 
  to 
  Hoveyville 
  and 
  then 
  up 
  a 
  branch 
  about 
  

   north 
  of 
  this 
  hamlet. 
  On 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  Lake 
  brook 
  not 
  far 
  above 
  

   Livingstonville 
  and 
  45 
  feet 
  higher 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  massive, 
  greenish 
  

   gray 
  sandstone 
  (B 
  2 
  ) 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness. 
  Loose 
  in 
  the 
  brook, 
  

   some 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  above 
  Livingstonville 
  are 
  pieces 
  of 
  blue 
  

   shale 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  Lamellibranch 
  similar 
  

   to 
  Ptychopteria. 
  Another 
  slab 
  of 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  

   sandstone 
  contains 
  numerous 
  worm 
  trails 
  and 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  

   Spirifer 
  cf. 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall. 
  

  

  About 
  one 
  mile 
  above 
  Livingstonville 
  and 
  200 
  feet 
  higher 
  or 
  

   1300 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  mill 
  in 
  a 
  rocky 
  gorge 
  (B 
  4 
  ). 
  The 
  lowest 
  

   rocks 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  are 
  green 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  

   succeeded 
  by 
  20 
  feet 
  of 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones; 
  the 
  shales 
  

   forming 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  rocks 
  which 
  are 
  capped 
  by 
  the 
  

   red 
  sandstone. 
  This 
  prominent 
  ledge 
  of 
  red 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  

   is 
  regarded 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  nearly 
  so, 
  the 
  red 
  rocks 
  

   and 
  is 
  mapped 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  Along 
  Lake 
  brook 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  gulf 
  " 
  north 
  of 
  Hoveyville 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  are 
  partly 
  covered 
  with 
  few 
  exposures 
  of 
  the 
  reds. 
  In 
  the 
  

   " 
  gulf 
  " 
  hardly 
  three 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Livingstonville 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   proximately 
  330 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  red 
  sandstone 
  of 
  B 
  4 
  are 
  

   red, 
  argillaceous 
  shales, 
  8 
  feet 
  thick, 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  

   and 
  a 
  little 
  higher 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  bluish 
  

   gray, 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstone 
  (B 
  6 
  ) 
  which 
  has 
  thin, 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  irregular 
  layers. 
  The 
  sandstone 
  on 
  the 
  partings 
  or 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  somewhat 
  shaly 
  contains 
  some 
  fossils, 
  Spirifer 
  occur- 
  

  

  