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Notice of the A?itkracit€ Region in the 



down tlie Susquehanna, has been from these two mines : the quanti- 

 ty left is apparently incalculable : they are about commencing a rail- 

 road to the river which is a mile distant. 



Hi 



^f 



1 . Immense rocks of graywacke.— 2. Broken coal, 4 ft. — 3. Firm- 

 er coal, 4 ft.— 4. Good coal, thickness unknown. — Dip 8^ to the N.E. 



VL Front view of a contorted coal hed at Pittston, on the east hank 

 of the Susquehanna Rivcr^ nine miles north from Wilkesbarre, 



a Loose stones and earth. 



b Gray sand stone, 



c Slate 12 feet iu depth. 



d Siate mingled with coal, 4 ft. 



e Coal, IS [t. 



R Susquehanna River 



VII. Mr. Hillhonse^s bed on the east hanlcofthe Susquehanna, about 



seven miles north of Wilkesharre. 

 I. Soil. — 2. Sandstone, 4 ft. — 3. Loose slate, 20 in. 



Coal, 



6 ft.— 5. Slate, 8 ft.— 6. Coal, 18 in.— 7. Slate, probably about 

 8 ft. — 9. Thin stratum of coal. — Dip 5° S. E. 



This bed extends a considerable distance along the bottom ot 



the 



river- 



VIII. Mill Creek hed, nine miles east from Wilkesharre, and two 



from the Lackawanna River, 

 1. Soil.— 2. Slate, 12 ft.— 3. Coal, 18 in.— 4. Slate, 5 ft.— 5. 

 Coal, 4 ft.— 6. Slate, 8 ft.— 7. Coal, 6 ft.— 8. Slate, thickness un- 

 known.— Dip 4^ N. E. 



