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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  road 
  and 
  swamp 
  not 
  far 
  west 
  of 
  West 
  Hurley 
  and 
  forms 
  the 
  ridge 
  

   ov 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  Olive 
  branch. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  formation 
  

   crosses 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  at 
  Olive 
  city 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  thick 
  layers 
  

   of 
  red 
  and 
  green 
  shales 
  along 
  the 
  creek 
  bank 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  

   bridge, 
  and 
  red 
  shale 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  in 
  the 
  village. 
  It 
  then 
  runs 
  to 
  

   the 
  southeast 
  and 
  south 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  

   till 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  east 
  of 
  Krumville 
  church 
  it 
  turns 
  westerly 
  toward 
  

   Samsonville. 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  church 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  

   west 
  of 
  West 
  Hurley 
  are 
  coarse, 
  greenish 
  gray 
  sandstones 
  on 
  

   which 
  are 
  plain 
  glacial 
  striae 
  running 
  N 
  37° 
  E. 
  The 
  dip 
  of 
  these 
  

   sandstones 
  is 
  very 
  great, 
  being 
  from 
  20° 
  to 
  25° 
  N, 
  70° 
  E. 
  To 
  the 
  

   southeast 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  church 
  near 
  the 
  township 
  line 
  between 
  

   Hurley 
  and 
  Marbletown 
  are 
  extensive 
  flagstone 
  quarries 
  in 
  the 
  

   Sherburne 
  formation. 
  Farther 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  the 
  creek 
  at 
  the 
  " 
  Lapla 
  nigger 
  settlement 
  " 
  are 
  bluish 
  arena- 
  

   ceous 
  shales 
  and 
  concretionary 
  sandstones. 
  By 
  the 
  highway 
  

   down 
  the 
  creek 
  are 
  coarse, 
  bluish 
  arenaceous 
  shales 
  which 
  

   contain 
  Hamilton 
  fossils. 
  Paracyclas 
  lirata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  common 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  are: 
  

  

  1 
  Liorliynchus 
  multicosta 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  2 
  Clwnetes 
  coronata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  3 
  Nucula 
  corbiiliformis 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  Camarotoechia 
  congregata 
  (Con.) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  5 
  Pleurotomaria 
  sp. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  These 
  rocks 
  along 
  the 
  creek 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Esopus 
  creek 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  formation. 
  On 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  

   creek 
  at 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  pulp 
  mill 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  miles 
  below 
  

   Olive 
  city 
  are 
  massive, 
  greenish 
  sandstones 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  rocky 
  

   gorge 
  and 
  are 
  apparently 
  in 
  the 
  Sherburne 
  formation. 
  Loose 
  in 
  

   some 
  bluish 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  are 
  specimens 
  of 
  Estlieria 
  sp. 
  

   apparently 
  identical 
  with 
  those 
  found 
  near 
  Oakhill. 
  To 
  the 
  

   northwest 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  no 
  reds 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Esopus 
  

   creek 
  to 
  Olive 
  branch. 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  formation 
  crosses 
  the 
  Ulster 
  

   and 
  Delaware 
  railroad 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  west 
  of 
  Bristol 
  church, 
  

   then 
  is 
  followed 
  with 
  difficulty 
  across 
  the 
  rugged 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  

  

  