REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1902 r27 



Channels southeast of Utica [see pi. 2] 

 The steep north-facing slope of Frankfort hill, southeast of 

 Utica, is one of the best examples of glacial stream work in 

 central New York. The steepest part of the hill rises 700 feet 

 in 1 mile (from 540 to 1200 feet, by the map). The whole north 

 face, some 3 miles in breadth, is denuded of drift and the rock 

 is carved into channels and very conspicuous bluffs, some of 

 which are shown in plates 4-7. 



The highest conspicuous evidence of stream cutting occurs 

 near the 1200 foot contour on the spurs north of the Merry 

 triangulation station [see pi. 2]. Some cutting in continua- 

 tion of the same flow can probably be found southeastward, or 

 south of Center. Conspicuous cut banks have been seen on the 

 saliences at about the 1000 foot and 900 foot contours south of 

 Center, toward the Moyer creek gulf. 



On the north face of the Frankfort hill, below the 1200 foot 

 channel, are not less than six strong cuts, appearing mainly as 

 steep, concave bluffs, which give the hill from a distance a 

 terraced proJile [see pi. 7]. The most conspicuous bluff is at 900 

 to 1000 feet [see pi. 4]. A channel with its north bank in rock lies 

 at 730 feet, the head of the cut being a bluff on the west face of a 

 hill by Starch Factory creek. The two lower scourways lie either 

 side of the east and west road, between Starch Factory and Fergu- 

 son creeks, and become one at the junction of the north-leading 

 road. Plate 7 is a reproduction of a photograph taken % m ^ e 

 east of the three corners and behind Mrs Lipa's house, looking 

 toward the great hill slope. The bluff at the top is the 1000 

 foot cutting. The broad channel and high bluff in the middle 

 of the view is the union of the two strong and far separated 

 channels at the west, by the county line, illustrated in plates 

 5, 6. At the west end of the hill face, on the highway and 

 county line, are seven bluffs or channels which are united east- 

 ward into the three stream cuttings, two shown in the view, 

 p]ate 7, and the third lying northward below the east and west 

 highway. Two higher cuttings, at 1080 feet and toward 1200 

 feet, do not appear in the view. The channels are all in Utica 



