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A large portion of this township is still in the original 

 wilderness, being covered with forests of hemlock, which in 

 many places are almost impenetrable because of the thick 

 growth of underbrush. 



Along the Delaware the scenery is often quite wild the 

 massive gray and green sandstones of the Catskill series be- 

 ing frequently seen in great cliffs which rise in succession 

 one above the other. 



The rocks of the township belong exclusively to the Cats- 

 kill series. 



Notwithstanding this fact several parties have been ac- 

 tively searching after gold mines for a number of years, and 

 have already spent a small fortune in the fruitless task. 

 One of these localities is on the land of Mr. Lord 2^ miles 

 north of Priceville. Here a California miner has been dig- 

 ging and shafting for two or three years, and holding out 

 such hopes of gain to the proprietor of the land that he has 

 thus far been enabled to secure free lodging and consider- 

 able money besides. Some of the reputed gold was shown 

 me, which was nothing but specks of mica discolored by 

 by iron in a matrix of sandstone — one of the common green- 

 ish gray sandstone of the Catskill series. 



In the hills at Equinunk and about 200' above the Dela- 

 ware river a great mass of sandstone juts out of the hill and 

 is seen in successive beds on each side of the river up to 350' 

 above the same ; some are grayish white, others are greenish 

 gray and all exhibit much current-bedding ; the same group 

 of rocks is seen circling around the hills for a long distance 

 down the Delaware. 



In the south-western corner of the township the hills rise 

 to 800' above the level of the Delaware and catch the Hones - 

 dale sandstone in their summits ; it is seen in cliffs, and is 

 also strewn over the ground in large masses broken away 

 from the original bed. 



Barometric elevations in Manchester. 



A. T. 



Forks near G. Lord's, 950' 



14 J. Andrews's, 960' 



" W. Taylor's, 890' 



44 L. W. Hawkins's, 1530' 



