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ain, Susquehanna county, since it comes about 350' above 

 the horizon of the Cherry Ridge limestone. 



The Mt. Pleasant rock has been mistaken by many local 

 geologists and miners for the Serai Conglomerate of Rogers, 

 and many have been led to believe that the coals of the 

 Carbondale series should be found in the hills above it, or 

 at least in such elevated peaks as Ararat and Sugar Loaf 

 mountains, a few miles to the north. But this identification 

 is founded only on the conglomeratic character of the rock, 

 and makes no account of the dip or structure. It will prob- 

 ably be a surprise to many people to be told that the Mt. 

 Pleasant Conglomerate really lies 1200' below the Serai 

 Conglomerate and 1400' below any valuable beds of coal. 

 Such is nevertheless the condition of affairs. In other words 

 the Mt. Pleasant hills could not possibly hold any workable 

 coal beds unless they were about 1500' higher than now. 



It may be some consolation to be assured that in all prob- 

 ability these hills did once reach such an elevation, and also 

 contained coal, but the ceaseless forces of erosion have, since 

 the close of the Carboniferous Age, worn away all of this 

 1500' and possibly much more ; so that it is an absolute 

 waste of time and energy for any citizen of Mt. Pleasant 

 township to bother himself about the presence of coal in 

 these hills. 



Immediately below the Mt. Pleasant Conglomerate is a 

 great bed of almost blood red shale ; it is seen in passing 

 down the hill just west of Mt. Pleasant ; and from this local- 

 ity I have termed it the Mt. Pleasant red shale since it seems 

 to be quite persistent at this horizon. The thickness of red 

 material exposed at Mt. Pleasant is about 150' and in this 

 interval only two or three sandy, layers are seen. 



About two miles south from Mt. Pleasant the Cherry 

 Ridge limestone is seen outcropping in the hills at an ele- 

 vation of 1600' A. T., and still further to the southwest near 

 Mr. O. Kelley's the hill is covered with large bowlders of 

 this material at the same horizon. 



One mile south from O. Kelley's, the Honesdale Lower 

 sandstoneis seen passing below drainage with a slight north- 

 ern dip at an elevation (at base) of 1400' A. T. This is near 



