REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 r85 



2 miles north of East Beekmantown, and northward toward 

 Champlain. Within a radius of 3 miles from the village of 

 Moores, specially to the north, there are many swampy tracts, 

 but, while some are covered with a growth of moss, and others 

 utilized for cranberries, still little or no peat occurs so far as 

 could be ascertained. Southwest of Scioto in Chazy township 

 is another extensive swampy tract. 



Peat is also said to occur in the "Great marsh" in Duane, Bel- 

 mont and Malone townships. Near Duane on lot 51, township 

 12, is said to be an area of 15 acres of peat. 



In the Northeastern corner of Franklin county, the Saranac 

 river is bordered by swampy meadows, and others occur in that 

 vicinity. 



Along the line of the New York Central Railroad, Adirondack 

 branch, there are many vlies, notably south of Horseshoe, and 

 also along the north branch of Moose river. Some of these show 

 peaty matter, but are often of little thickness, being underlain 

 at no great depth by sand. 



Many small swamps are found in Herkimer county, as along 

 Lime Kiln creek. 



Along Lake Ontario, between Caldwell hill and North land- 

 ing, Jefferson co. is a large marsh, and many of the landlocked 

 bays on the same shore, as near Selkirk, Oswego co. are filling 

 up, but it seems doubtful whether they will in time yield even 

 impure peat. 



Many boggy areas exist in St Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis 

 counties, but none have been utilized to any extent, except for 

 farming. An area of 100 to 150 acres in extent is located about 

 1J miles from Natural Bridge; another of about 75 acres occurs 

 near Antwerp. 



Lake-filling is going on at many points in the Adirondack 

 region; 1 and yet very little peat seems to have been formed, for 

 the streams flowing into the lakes often carry much sediment, 

 and plants other than mosses usually fill up the lake. 



x See Smyth, C. H. jr. American Geologist. 1893. 11:85. 



