REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 I'83 



Another, of nearly 60 acres, in the southeast part of Stanford 

 with a depth of about 6 feet. 



Shaw pond and Mud pond, between Stanford and Washington, 

 and Bound pond, in Washington, are filling up with peaty 

 matter. 



A large peat bog was observed near Patterson, Putnam co. 



There is said to be a fine deposit of about 150 acres east of 

 Croton, and about 4 miles southeast from Somers Plains. 



Another is in the valley of the Hackensack river, about 2 

 miles west of Nyack, and contains about 50 acres, with a mean 

 depth of 6 feet. 



Professor Cassels reports a peat bog of 40 acres on land of 

 John Snediker, 1 mile southwest of Snediker's Landing, with 

 an average depth of 6 feet of good peat. This peat bog has 

 been wrought for the New York market. 



It will be seen from this that swampy tracts are very abund- 

 ant. In some of these the material is more peaty than in others, 

 but no large areas of true peat seem to exist. 



Attempts were made to utilize the peat about 30 years ago in 

 the region east of Fishkill village, it being stated that the peat 

 was dredged from the ponds and then spread out on the shore to 

 dry, after which it was cut up into blocks. 



Several areas of muck still remain in this region, but none of 

 them are true peat. 



Orange county contains about 40,000 acres of peaty swamps, 

 most prominent among which are the Drowned Lands, lying 

 west of Warwick and covering about 17,000 acres; the Greycourt 

 meadows, underlain by similar material, are also very extensive. 



Northern and northeastern New York. This includes the region 

 from Troy northward to the Canada boundary, and westward to 

 Lake Ontario, and is probably a good region in which to search 

 for peat, specially in St Lawrence, Jefferson and Clinton coun- 

 ties. 



In Washington county there are according to Leavitt (p. 133) k 

 several areas as follows: at the south end of Summit lake in 

 South Argyle, 50 acres; on McNeil's farm in North Greenwich, 

 25 acres; between Argyle and Hartford, 100 acres; one mile 

 southeast of Greenwich, TO acres; in Kingsbury township on the 

 Champlain canal, 1000 acres. 



