134 Gr 5 . EEPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



At the northern line of the township the following section 

 is seen in descending the hill across the R.R. from near Mr. 

 J. Beaumont's: (Fig. 36.) 



Beaumont' s section. 



1. Sandstone, with calcareous breccia at base, 20' 



2. Shales and sandstone, 25' 



3. Cherry Ridge, \ Sandstone, 15 i 2 _, 



( Limestone, 10) 



4. Bed shale and concealed, 100' 



5. Concealed, 70' 



6. Sandstone, massive, grayish white, 30' 



Here the hill is covered with great blocks (many of which 

 are 8 / X10 / X12 / ) of black impure limestone derived from the 

 layers at the bases of Nos. 1 and 3 ; the bowlders frequently 

 lay athwart the course of the Jefferson Branch R. R., and 

 the trackmen report that their removal required as much 

 labor as though they had been wholly of granite, so tough 

 and hard are these rocks. 



The calcareous breccia at the base of No. 1. is about 5' 

 thick while that in No. 3 is 10'. 



At the horizon of No. 4 a great mass of red sliale is seen 

 along the road ; although the interval is partly concealed 

 it is quite probable that it is mostly red shale ; the color is 

 a rather bright red and the shale somewhat sandy in some 

 of its layers. 



No. 6 occurs at the horizon of the Honesdale Lower sand- 

 stone and is here a grayish-white, massive, tolerably coarse 

 sandrock. 



In descending from Ararat Summit westward to the waters 

 of Tunkhannock we see the following succession : (Fig. 37.) 



Ararat section. 



1. Cherry Ridge Conglomerate, (here sandstone,). . . 25' 



2. Concealed, . . 30' 



3. Cherry RidgeA 8 T andst0ne > f'l 30' 



( Limestone, 10' > 



4. Concealed, 175' 



5. Sandstone, grayish white, (Honesdale Lower,) 30' 



6. Concealed, 100' 



7. Sandstone, greenish gray, 20' 



8. Concealed, 220' 



9. Sandstone, 25' 



10. Concealed, 200' 



11. Sandstone, gray, massive, (base 1250' A. T.,) 20' 



