﻿CLASSIFICATION, 
  ETC. 
  OF 
  HAMILTON 
  AND 
  CHEMUNG 
  SERIES 
  285 
  

  

  contain 
  no 
  fossils, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  plant 
  remains 
  

   and 
  an 
  occasional 
  plate 
  or 
  bone 
  of 
  a 
  fish, 
  while 
  lithologically 
  they 
  

   consist 
  of 
  beds 
  of 
  gray 
  sandstone, 
  green 
  shales 
  and 
  some 
  con- 
  

   glomerates 
  alternating 
  very 
  persistently 
  with 
  red 
  shales 
  and 
  

   sandstones. 
  As 
  details 
  would 
  be 
  monotonously 
  similar 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   considered 
  advisable 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  any 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  sections 
  that 
  might 
  easily 
  be 
  constructed 
  in 
  this 
  

   region. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountain 
  region 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  deep 
  

   and 
  narrow 
  passes 
  between 
  the 
  mountains, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   famous 
  being 
  the 
  Stony 
  clove 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Hunter 
  town- 
  

   ship 
  between 
  Hunter 
  and 
  Plateau 
  mountains. 
  For 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  is 
  very 
  narrow 
  with 
  only 
  room 
  

   enough 
  for 
  the 
  highway 
  and 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  the 
  Stony 
  clove 
  and 
  

   Catskill 
  mountain 
  railway. 
  The 
  slope 
  of 
  Mt 
  Hunter 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  

   is 
  very 
  steep, 
  its 
  peak 
  the 
  highest 
  of 
  the 
  Greene 
  co. 
  Catskills, 
  

   4025 
  feet 
  A. 
  T., 
  being 
  only 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  

   northwest. 
  Both 
  slopes 
  are 
  densely 
  wooded 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  clove 
  

   for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  shade, 
  while 
  a 
  breeze 
  

   continually 
  passes 
  through 
  it, 
  making 
  a 
  delightful 
  resort 
  on 
  a 
  

   hot 
  summer 
  day. 
  The 
  view 
  shows 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  clove 
  

   with 
  Mt 
  Hunter 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  Plateau 
  mountain 
  on 
  the 
  left. 
  

   To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Hunter 
  village 
  and 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  is 
  a 
  prom- 
  

   inent 
  mountain 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Colonel's 
  Chair, 
  the 
  highest 
  part 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  3165 
  feet 
  A. 
  T. 
  There 
  are 
  steep 
  sandstone 
  ledges 
  at 
  the 
  

   northern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  facing 
  eastward, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  grayish, 
  coarse 
  grained 
  sandstones 
  that 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  hard, 
  

   giving 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  something 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  

   chair. 
  These 
  nearly 
  perpendicular 
  ledges 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  peak 
  are 
  quite 
  well 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  picture. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Catskill 
  mountain 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Greene 
  

   co. 
  the 
  principal 
  study 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  that 
  portion 
  which 
  is 
  

   colored 
  on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Chemung 
  forma- 
  

   tion. 
  In 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  valley 
  the 
  Chemung 
  is 
  represented 
  

   as 
  beginning 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  Lexington 
  village 
  and 
  continu- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  down 
  the 
  valley. 
  On 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  of 
  

  

  