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No. 1478 CI.— On the hill, 2 miles north of west of West Brookville, 
which is 3 miles northeast of Cuddebackville, is the old Ferris quarry, 
which is about 610 feet above the canal level, and consequently has an 
approximate altitude of 1,220 feet A. T., being over 200 feet higher than 
the Weingardner quarry. The rock is a coarse, gray sandstone with 
partings of greenish to olive argillaceous shale. No fossils were found. 
The dip, measured on bed planes in the quarry, is between 18° and 20°, 
about 40° west of north. The stratigraphic position of this horizon 
seems to be that of the coarse, greenish gray sandstone of eastern 
Pennsylvania, named by Prof. White the Starucca sandstone. 
No. 1478 C2. — An old quarry, nearly 1 mile up Pall Brook after its 
junction with the main kill. The quarry stone is gray, coarse-grained 
sandstone which has a dip of 14° between 30° and 35° west of north. 
Somewhat below the quarry, loose red shale was noticed which had not 
been carried from any great distance. 
No. 1478 Di. — Wurtsboro, Sullivan County, is 9 miles northeast of 
Cuddebackville, or 4 miles southwest of Summitville Avhich is on the 
main line of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad. Nearly 2 
miles northwest of the village and more than 500 feet higher, is the 
Clark quarry, which was operated by Charles Green in 1891. The 
nagging is rather coarse-grained, gray sandstone, covered with a con- 
siderable thickness of greenish to olive-colored argillaceous shale. The 
dip of the lowest bed exposed is 19°, while the highest shows a dip of 
12° on the bed planes about 20° west of north. The olive shale con- 
tains fossil plants, several good specimens of Archceopteris obtusa Lx. 
having been obtained. Mr. Green stated that earlier in removing the 
stripping, quite a number of excellent specimens of ferns were found, 
which, unfortunately had been destroyed. Two paleobotanists referred 
these specimens to Archceopteris hibernica (Forbes) Lx., and although my 
first identification was with A. obtusa Lx. it was thought best to confer 
with a recognized authority in reference to the identification of this 
species. Two specimens from this quarry were submitted to Sir 
William Dawson, who wrote: "these specimens are Archceopteris 
obtusa Lx., characteristic of the Upper Devonian. The pinnules on 
the rhachis [which these specimens have and which Lesquereux gave 
as characteristic of A. hibernica (Forbes) Lx. and A. Ealliana (Gopp) 
Lx.] 1 occur in different species of Archceopteris. These are quite too 
large for A. hibernica and different in form. * * * 
" 1 am very much interested in the large fronds of A. obtusa. Would 
it not be possible in searching the beds, to find the fruit"? It should be 
in oval capsules like that of A. hibernica, on special fertile pinnae." 2 
The main difficulty in identifying these specimens arose from com- 
paring them with two specimens kindly loaned me by Mr. Lacoe, one 
of which was identified by Lesquereux as A. obtusa and the other as A. 
hibernica; while my specimens were nearer the A. hibernica than the 
'2d Geol. Surv. Penn., P* (Coal Flora, vol. Ill), p. 773. 
2 Letter of Sir William Dawson, March 1, 1892. 
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