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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  horizon 
  will 
  prove 
  on 
  detailed 
  examination 
  to 
  be 
  somewhat 
  vari- 
  

   able, 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  not 
  with 
  very 
  wide 
  limits."* 
  

  

  About 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Turner 
  schoolhouse 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  

   southern 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  is 
  Berne 
  or 
  Turner 
  hill, 
  the 
  highest 
  

   hill 
  in 
  the 
  township 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  highest 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  being 
  

   some 
  180 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  Bradt 
  hill 
  or 
  2220 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  It 
  forms 
  

   the 
  high 
  divide 
  between 
  the 
  head 
  waters 
  of 
  Stony 
  creek 
  and 
  the 
  

   Switzkill 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  Tenmile 
  creek 
  and 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  

   Oatskill 
  creek 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  Red* 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  which 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  outcrop 
  near 
  its 
  summit 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  south 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Rensselaerville 
  township. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Berne 
  township 
  along 
  the 
  principal 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Switzkill 
  are 
  thin 
  blue 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones, 
  

   some 
  layers 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  irregular 
  and 
  contain 
  iron 
  concretions. 
  

   The 
  bluish 
  shales 
  are 
  sparingly 
  fossiliferous, 
  containing 
  very 
  

   mucronate 
  specimens 
  of 
  Spirifer 
  mmronatus 
  (Con.) 
  Bill., 
  and 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  formation. 
  The 
  dip 
  is 
  heavy 
  to 
  the 
  

   east 
  of 
  south. 
  At 
  the 
  bridge 
  over 
  this 
  branch, 
  one 
  quarter 
  mile 
  

   above 
  the 
  Switzkill 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  South 
  

   Berne 
  are 
  coarse 
  blue 
  Hamilton 
  shales. 
  

  

  LV 
  C. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  South 
  Berne 
  and 
  the 
  Switzkill 
  is 
  a 
  steep 
  

   hill 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Agrippa 
  hill, 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  perhaps 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  from, 
  and 
  some 
  500 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  Union 
  

   hotel 
  in 
  that 
  village. 
  The 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  is 
  well 
  covered 
  

   by 
  drift 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  frequent 
  exposures- 
  

   of 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones. 
  To 
  the 
  east 
  is 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Foxkill,. 
  

   which 
  has 
  not 
  cut 
  so 
  deep 
  a 
  valley 
  as 
  the 
  Switzkill, 
  and 
  a 
  section 
  

   was 
  constructed 
  from 
  this 
  valley 
  beginning 
  perhaps 
  one 
  and 
  one- 
  

   quarter 
  miles 
  WNW 
  of 
  Reidsvi-lle 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   hill. 
  

  

  a 
  13th 
  an. 
  rep't 
  N. 
  Y. 
  state 
  geologist, 
  p. 
  240. 
  

  

  