Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-09-30

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DIR. N. +. True one Of the Editors Of
the Lewiston Josrnal writes to that pa
per Of matters and things ''down East"
as follows:
MAcMAs, Sept. 1&th, 1869.
By invitation OF Mr.. II. r. Taylor we
took a sail down Machias river aud bay
to S,arbird's Creek, in Machiaspcrt. .
distance Of II miles. The river IL Of
difficult navigation from the rocks In its |
channel. Hence the Indians called II |
the Bad place from the difIlculty they |
had i'm as ending IL with their canoes. |
A. we rowed down the river We noticed !
some bikes thrown up. which keep out
the salt water from eight or nine hun
drcd acres of land. This land is gradu-
allv becoming changed in its character.
so that in time IL will most Of IL be en-
ployed in cultivation.
At length we landed at Starbird's
Greek. DIR. {. T. Jackson. In his geo.
logical survey of the State in ls3s.
! describes fossil limestone In this locali-
". We soon found it bed OF shell
| lime stone about ten feet thick. in beds
of sandstone aud congiomcrate. Ii i
AN interesting spot for the geologis, or
mincralogi.t We collected large
number Of specimens ia a few minutes.
! Nothing imprcsses one with the idea of
an extreme antiquity To our globe like
/ examining rocks like these. This marble
possesses beautiful polish. and may he
brought into commercial value at some
future time. The she'll. have nearly be-
come obliieraied by metamorphic ac-
ton Near bv mas be found beautiful
/ specimens of ribbon jasper. As We sail
I'd back we passed by Gross Island.
| where the mineral chloritc Is found from
hch the Indians obtained their to-
hacco pipes. Loading mp our boat we
had the good fortune to have a fair wind
back From M,chias to Es-tport j.
continuous series OF conglomcra,c rocks
of the greatest hardness. They lie in
ridges and will prove serious obstacle
IN the construction of a railroad across
this portion of the State. Near the
mouth OF the river we landed aud cN-
aminrd the surface ui these hard rocks,
which had been scored by the great lee
plough during the DRIFT period The
burrows are well defined aud run A. We
asccrtaiucd b. the compass. ;. ~ l..
The land in this portion ol the state
h. poorly adapted 10 purposes otsgriculi-
nrc. Few good farms are TO BE- seen.
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