Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-10

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! PROGRESS or THE STA TIE
GEOLOGICAL SURTEY
AN ABSTRACT OF THE SUMMERS WORK
The following abstract Of Prof J. 7
Lcslics report to the board Of commits
sioners,at their meeting on the 9TH inst,
will give the public good idea o
what the survey corps has done dnrlnl
the summer
DR. 7. sterry Hunt, appointed at th,
last meeting Of the board to report oI
the traps and allied rooks, pursued hi
survey between Easton and Chambers
burg IN August and September, return
cd TO Boston, and will present bis ~
port IN due time after making further
researches.
Mr., MoCpath has finished all tn,
analysis Of 1874, and has made gooc
progress IN the analysis of 1875.
Mr.. Allen has travelled through tn.
State collecting and arranging data foi
our volume of railroad and other levels
and has connected them with tn,
levels OF surrounding States.
DR.. Genth has pursued his chemical
studies of minerals and rocks, and is al
present entirely occupied with nice and
difficult analyses of the waters of oui
mineral springs.
DIR. Genth and Mr.. McCreath an,
swer all mineralogical inquiries made
by citizens of the State.
DIR. Icsquercux has examined the
collections Of fossil plants in various
places and is now writing descriptions
and making drawings, for the volume
which will contain his report. 1t is to
bc handbook for PENNSYLVANIA and
for the United States.
EASTERN pESSsYLvANIA--LI
IRON ORES.
Prot. Prime. aided by DR.. Clarke
and Mr.. Kent, has completed the lime
stone belt of Lchigh county, and will
finish the limestone belt OF Northamp.
ton county before snow falls. We shall
with oll ore banks or. 1ho,aa H., m"r
stones anJ ou,cron nx,asn,"s "'s c.s,
Alburtis to the Delaware river. with
special studies Of the larger mines
so,ru ppxxsy,y,v o,o,.
oRys
prof Prazor o,doo h,, un I,h.a.
and Mr. EJwards aas I'D nod "' san,;a,,
SURVEYS across ,be So",h M"ne, 49, Ss'''oa u''d
will soon hoyo con,,Ia,ad a." &c, WV '.
of n comnIeio con,purlino man of Ia
moun,oin mass rrom III, =, l;d ~ ""
for five or siv m;les nor,h AL 7ui aa,,,a a"d ~
The Ge,,vsh,r,c ,chan'ha,. n s0'sn ~ "
Mr. Eraycrs d;s,r;o, l. ,i,os pne' p,n
cult in tho state ne re, one,niod u
Nnch Of III ,;nsa H. Se.ul'eu'
vising h;s soc,;ons % ao,.oss ossX ops"a =. ,e-
nrenera,orv 40 nr;n,,as. IL e. e., .D""ty
Of progress whloh ,hasos,,na g.. st,oPo's ;.'L'' :
GOOD dcal of ls75 H. Unn,,s 'uv, Ln",,i
cdge of ,bc rocLs IN Von. Ens.i.,'d ~" Nv
Canada has heen Of sorr;aa :, J h",.;a a"a
10 explain some of Tho die,crI,;os ;ns'pt"S h',,
most nf ,hom aro ,hn.a,', s a,e.,',os :, ou'
itself and can only bo workad oa, go ~
detail ins,rumentoiv hv % the na,.,,' V"' u
o,.r. ,,r.,,''.'.. ~ ~ p"?
''' MAI rhNNsi LNAN'A, MAPS atol'o-
" "'p io'''h o'hs,
MT Dewees mas continued his sur
vey OF every opening along the entire
oAVeh' oi 'ne iossli orc outcrops; and
nc mas nearly hnished all that lies in
S I,'o', .s' m'.i'''' suhla'a ana hunting
~" ooun''esi iroh oehngsgroVe, on
Imo p'o iIuSquonai'i'a, 70 'ne south ehd oi
ion'.,L uI LOS ',,'a noun.a,,', ,, :. g .ne entlre
,o''s.a ~ 'a.n . mountain ana shade
I,o''.an, m." WIN 'ne immediate lines
n,s iep1r. WI, pe "rge' eare'uliy
'"sao w n'u p,,, eAnaus'',s'
n nr. p'nen ana Mr. AsnDnrner, MT
l'.v';', i,omces nlus, nave oeeh making a
sPeoiai sur'cy vi auchwick valley,
noni ''aen bos aPana orpisohia'
alounu @ ~, 'nc Gnu oi Jacks mountain,
,, Use' C S,uc,'ng n'i' ana ana through SIDE
n's zap W p'Vau iop' oohtour.hhe
map anu cross sections are IN various
ssagos =, co'nplc,'on' r, ana WIN DO ready
'o' ir,n'n i incy nre now mapping
WV s.uuyng VI, Eas, proaa Top
@ so.', oas'i ""u WI WI eonnec, !, WIN my
nv" NV arg unP"p''sncu map Oh broad
~ naoo w so"ne years ago, so that the
wno,e ea" ~ puonsnou next year
".s,,Hn rhSNsr LvANiA = GEOLOGY
eoAh MINES NATURAL GAS AS FUEL
MT, flatt, with the aid OF his brother,
Mr' u u, flatt, mas made complete
survey OF oambrla county, locating
ana describing every coal opening. He
mas nan nnished Somerset county, and
eNpec,s 70 hhlsl the whole before win
'er, Ills report OF these two counties
VIII DC similar to his last years report
on oiearteld ana Jefferson. Mr.. Young
Is now AIDING HIM IN southern somer-
set, :.
Mr. Young, under Mr. ilatt's direc-
uons, nas made q coke and coal survey
Oh inc, nne oughiogany ana Monongahela
valleys, irom Connellsvlllc TO Pitts
~ .,i,. ,i';.,. y ~ "
4 -. A. =" So -
he will have the concurrence os A.
Fulton's studies Of tho coke oues,;on
for the Cambria Iron ro ~
Mr. Fulton's elaborate man Of ,ha
surroundings Of Jobns,own w;ll ho % on
important addition 10 ,ho nnhl;shed
data of tho survey
Mr. Platt has attended 10 The sub;sc,
of The use Of we'll gos IN iron woyk end
will reno,t on /, II IL tar M ran"s, I
tbat we need n careful cbsm,ca, rv. ~as
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