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THE SALTSBURG SANDSTONE. 



The Saltsburg Sandstone of J. J. Stevenson, belonging 

 below the Pittsburgh Reds and just above the Bakerstown 

 Coal, occurs usually in Lewis County in the region of its out- 

 crop, being massive and gray, weathering to brown, coarse 

 grained and sometimes carrying quartz pebbles. In the north- 

 ern end of the county, it crops along the Chestnut Ridge and 

 Wolf Summit Anticlines in the neighborhood of Jackson Mill, 

 making prominent bluffs along the West Fork River between 

 Jackson Mill and Lightburn. The outcrop of the Bakerstown 

 Coal occurring just beneath it is shown on Map II and from 

 this horizon, the position of the Saltsburg may be found. 



At the Wilson Arnold Quarry, located on a branch of 

 West Fork River, one-half mile south of Jackson Mill, the 

 Saltsburg has been quarried on both sides of the run, showing 

 a thickness of about 20 feet to the bed of the quarry, and 

 having an elevation of 1060' B. The stone is gray, weather- 

 ing to brown, medium hard and medium coarse, and having 

 irregular joint planes. The north quarry is about 75 feet 

 long and extends 25 feet into the hill. The south quarry is 

 somewhat smaller. The stone appears to be of only medium 

 quality for building material. 



In southern Lewis the Saltsburg Sandstone may be fre- 

 quently observed above the Bakerstown Coal. 



THE BAKERSTOWN COAL. 



The Bakerstown Coal of White 18 is a persistent and valu- 

 able horizon in Lewis where it crops and is frequently noted 

 in well records in Gilmer where it is underground. As shown 

 by its line of outcrop on Map II it is above drainage in north- 

 ern Lewis along the West Fork River north of Jackson Mill. 

 In Southern Lewis it crops generally throughout Collins Set- 

 tlement District and has been frequently mined for domestic 

 fuel, being usually about two feet thick. Its areal extent, 

 thickness and quality, together with detailed mine sections, 

 will be presented in Chapter XI, under the subject of "Coal." 



'"I. C. White, Report Q, Sec. Geol. Survey of Penna. 



