150 G 5 . REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



Level of Tunkhannock at mouth of East Branch, .... 815' 



Forks near I. D. Hardy's, 835' 



Forks north of Gienwood, 860' 



Forks near O. D. Roberts's, 875' 



" A. Benjamin's, 1300' 



Cross roads near Baptist Church, 1330' 



" H. Marcey's, 1385' 



Forks near M. Conrad's, 915' 



" C. Felton's, 965' 



25 Lathrop, in Susquehanna county. 



This lies directly west from Lenox and lias Wyoming 

 county for i-ts southern boundary. 



The drainage is all southward into Tunkhannock by means 

 of Martin' s, Horton' s, and other creeks ; of these, Martin' s 

 creek cuts a deep furrow through the rocks and many ex- 

 posures are seen along its banks and in the cuts of the D., 

 L. & W. R.R. 



The rocks of this area belong wholly to the OatsMll sys- 

 tem, and are composed of alternate beds of greenish gray 

 current-bedded sandstones, and red shales, with occasional 

 layers of calcareous breccia. 



Near Foster station, a ledge of sandstone 10' thick is seen 

 on the west bank of Martin's creek, with its base at 890' 

 A. T. ; and a short distance below Foster station the same 

 bed of rock occurs in a R.R. cut, where it is reddish-brown, 

 resting on greenish-blue shales. 



At Foster the level of Martin' s creek is 50 ; below the depot, 

 and along its bed some layers of flaggy sandstone and shale 

 are seen cropping out. 



In descending from the summit of the hills east from Fos- 

 ter, the following is seen : 



Foster section. 



1. Cliff sandstone, 75' 



2. Concealed, 100' 



3. Sandstone, 50' 



4. Concealed, 50' 



5. Red shale, seen, 10' 



6. Sandstone, massive, . . ? 20' 



7. Concealed, 75' 



8. Sandstone to R.R. level (890' A. T.,) 10' 



