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Excerpt from Notes on the Geology of Onondaga County: Embracing a Short Description of the Various Eras, Periods and Groups, Together With Statements as to Their (I) Outcrop, (2) Thickness, (3) Economic Importance, (4) Fossils, (5) Favorable Localities for Study In describing the various systems of rocks, we will suppose that we begin our trip in the northeastern part of the county, near Oneida Lake, and by traveling in a south western direction we will complete it at the southern boun dary, near Skaneateles Lake. Distances, however, will be computed from Syracuse. Our starting point, at the outlet of Oneida Lake, is about twenty-six feet lower than Syracuse, and is, there fore, 369 feet above tide water. In our trip we will cross the outcrop at nearly right angles. We will first pass over the great level, and after passing a line parallel with the city, we will gradually begin to ascend the hills, while the latter part of our journey will be one constant ascending and descending of hills. The highest elevation which we will find is fabius mountain, feet above tide water. The scenery of the entire route over which we will pass is extremely picturesque. From the sides of the vari ous hills crystal streams of the purest water trickle down, making the valleys virtually blossom as the rose. Over the sides of the slopes and down the ravines, dash rapids and cascades of remarkable beauty and size; one of them even competing with the noted Niagara in height of fall. Climbing to the tops of the hills, we will be bountifully repaid for our toil by the beautiful panorama which every where meets the eye. It is asserted that from the top of one of the elevations in Pompey seven different counties can be seen. Our lakes, also, are a source of pardonable pride, and this thesis would be incomplete without a few words con cerning some of them. Skaneateles Lake, soon to become the water supply of Syracuse, is a beautiful body of water eighteen miles in length. It has no visible inlet of any size, and its water supply is supposed to be kept up by numerous springs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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