282 F\ REPORT OF PROGRESS. E. W. CLAYPOLE. 



Chemung-Catskill and Calsk/ll, {No. IX.) 



The middle portion of Oliver township consists of a broad 

 exposure of the rocks of the Catskill group formed by the 

 union of the two outcrops on the north and south sides of 

 Buffalo and Berry's mountains, which meet at the west end 

 of the mountain and run out into Juniata township as a 

 broad open canoe-shaped trough rising into the air near the 

 township line. Along this wide open outcrop the Buffalo 

 winds along sometimes between low banks and at others 

 washing the feet of steep rugged cliffs as at the loop below 

 Milford. The beds of this formation are well exposed along 

 the bank of the river in the cuttings of the railway. The 

 hard sandstone beds of the lower part of the formation ex- 

 tend southward from Rope ferry at the northern side of the 

 trough, but are less jDrominent at their southern outcrop, 

 possibly in consequence of the inflow of the Buffalo. 



The rocks of this group form as usual a rolling landscape 

 well suited for farm purposes, and with a fertile soil. 



