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tons of this material were once mined and shipped on the 

 Erie R.R. 



7. Oakland, in Susquehanna county. 



This lies directly east from Great Bend and has New York 

 for its northern boundary. 



It is drained by the Susquehanna and its tributaries. 

 The former stream enters the State, and the county, at the 

 eastern line of the township, flows southward to Lanesboro, 

 then veering west, passes across the central line of the town- 

 ship, cutting its area into two nearly equal portions, one 

 north, the other south of the river. 



This township is celebrated in history as having been the 

 residence of Joseph Smith of Mormon fame, and in its 

 northern portion the foundation walls of the first Mormon 

 Temple may still be seen. 



Glacial debris is seen in very extensive deposits all along 

 Susquehanna in this township being often apparently piled 

 up in long ridges or heaps parallel with the river, and slop- 

 ing both ways from the sharp summits ; so far as I could 

 discover however no bowlders of granite or crystalline rocks 

 exist in this morainic material. 



These drift ridges are probably Karnes. 



The rocks, like those of Great Bend, belong principally to 

 the Catskill, while Chemung is found along the sides and 

 valley of the Susquehanna river, and for short distances up 

 the channel of its tributary streams. These latter rocks are 

 exposed along the cuts of the N. Y., L. E. & W. R.R. in 

 the vicinity of Susquehanna Depot quite fossiliferous. 



Near the coal chutes above this town a layer of rock 

 is seen along the R.R. in which occur great numbers of 

 Rynchonella contracta, Spirifera disjuncta and many other 

 forms. 



The top of the Ghemungis found at about 180-200' above 

 the level of the Susquehanna river ; above this the shales 

 and transition rocks of the lower Catskill extend to 380- 

 400'. Here the basal member of the Catskill sandstone se- 



