188 Miscellanies. 



The rocks in the Ocoee district are arranged in the order named 

 above. The glossy akiminous slate it was found had been mis- 

 taken for plumbago ; but near the same place (Citico creek) there 

 is a bloomery for iron, and decisive indications of iron ore ; the 

 bloomery is supplied chiefly from banks about two miles off. 

 Tellico river rolls in constant rapids, in its course towards the 

 Tennessee, and forms a cataract about two hundred feet high, 

 and bears along gold and other valuable minerals. Dr. Troost 

 was present in 1831, when gold was found there for the first 

 time ; the quantity hitherto found is small, quantities being de- 

 rived as is supposed, from the primary mountains of North Caro- 

 lina, whence the Tellico comes. Dr. Troost thinks there is much 

 less gold in the Ocoee district than has been generally imagined ; 

 still there were parties of diggers that sustained their rights by 

 force, and the usual delusion prevailed of inferring ores from 

 Jack with the lanthern and other lights being seen, and from 

 explosions being heard ; and the divining rod (a forked twig of 

 hazel or peach tree, which, as they assert, turns in the hand of 

 the adept when he approaches the hidden treasure) was much 

 relied upon. Carnelian has been found among the transported 

 ruins of the Tellico, and good roofing slate and ornamental mar- 

 bles abound in East Tennessee. 



Dr. Troost has made a valuable collection of organic remains, 

 and his report contains in a note an important catalogue of them. 

 His name is sufficient authority for their accuracy. 



Pennsylvania. — The second annual report, by Prof. Henry 

 D. Rogers, State Geologist, presents the following divisions of 

 the subject : Of the seat of the operations of the survey — ^Mode 

 of conducting the geological observations — An outline of the ge- 

 ological structure and mineral resources of the north-eastern half 

 of the Appalachian region of the State. 



Formation No. I. — Sandstone of the South Mountain. 



II. — Limestone of the Kittatinny Valley. 



III. — Slate of the same valley. 



IV. — Sandstones and conglomerates of the Kittatinny or Blue Mountain. 



V. — Red and variegated sandstones and shales of the valley N. W. of the Kitta- 

 tinny mountain, and of Montour's ridge. 



VI. — Blue limestone along the northern base of the Kittatinny mountain, and 

 along both sides of Montour's ridge. 



VII. — Sandstone of the first ridge north of the Kittatinny mountain. 



VIII. — Of the olive colored slate of the valley between the Kittatinny and sec- 

 ond mountains. 



