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the intentions of the Society, by procuring and furnishing them 

 with the information and specimens now solicited, as far as your 

 opportunities and convenienc^may admit of. As the proceedings 

 of this Society will be occasionally published in the Monthly 

 American Journal of Geology and JVatural Science, of this city, the 

 valuable information thus procured will be publicly acknow- 

 ledged, and its authenticity be satisfactorily established. 



QUERIES. 



1. In what County of the State of Pennsylvania do you reside, 

 and in what Township or Town ? 



2. Will you recommend to the Society, individuals in your 

 county, able and well disposed to co-operate with the Society 

 for the furtherance of their objects, noting their places of resi- 

 dence ? 



3. Will you furnish the Society with, or can you enable it 

 to acquire, a correct geographical sketch of your G)unty or 

 Township, where the mountains and liills with their respective 

 altitude, the vales, plains, and streams, are laid down from actual 

 survey ? * 



4. Who is considered the most accurate Surveyor in your 

 County or Township, and where does he reside 1 



5. If you are not able to furnish a geographical sketch, as 

 spoken of in query No. 3, will you procure for the Society, a 

 plan of the mountains and hills in your County or Township, 

 showing where the ridges are continuous, or where they are 

 divided by water-gaps, or where they are divided from each 

 other by vales or plains? 



6. Is there any coal, iron, lead, copper, marble, limestone, or 

 other valuable metals, or simple minerals, in your County or 

 Township — what are they, and in what quantities arc they found? 



7. Will you distinguish and describe the locality of any or all 

 such substances ? Will you procure specimens of them ? 



8. Is the coal bituminous, or non-bituminous ? If both kinds 

 are found, specify the localities. 



9. Will you give a sketch of the coal field, showing its extent, 

 with the number and position of the strata of coal observed, 

 their inclination, thickness, and depth at which they are found 

 from the surface ? • 



10. Will you procure for the Society some of the most perfect 



