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At High Falls (May 1-1910.
Elevan miles southwest of Kingston.
Here the Rondout river falls on basal Gt-
Hestile. Then the
Rondale cement so far thick
Wilton 18 inches from lay my head here
Bimneratu sandstone 15 feet (55 ft 60)
High Falls shales, 67-90 feet.
First yellow shales
and then red sandy shales and sandstone. One
zone like oratuline but somewhat. Then zone
(These may not pyrite zones for as no doubt so.)
of um pyrite are common. The oratuline like
one is 10 foot thick and seems so far beneath
Top. Below are the Saline like red shales.
Shawangunk is 284 feet thick but we
sees only the upper part 35 feet. Five miles north
of High Falls it has thinned to 10 feet. The pass
been is a heavy bedded quartzite-conglomerate.
The pellets are layers at the top up to 1 inch
of rein quartz. The interbedded sands are cross
bedded.
A distinct head here (Brown).
Hudson River shales.