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shale comes immediately above. Still further west near A. 

 Kitner'swe find the Honesdale Upper sandstone 1300' A. T. 

 In the vicinity of Beech pond, some ferruginous springs 

 have led to the popular belief that valuable iron ore beds 

 exist in that vicinity, but so far as is yet known, they merely 

 indicate the presence of Catskill red shales. 



Barometric elevations in Berlin. 



A. T. 



Forks near J. Gallagher's, 1085' 



" W. Beemer's, 1105' 



Forks next south, 1270' 



Forks at School House No. 2, 1255' 



Forks near J. Young's, 1260' 



" School House No. 3, 1365' 



" D. Olver's, 1365' 



Forks in Beech Pond P. O , 1330' 



Level of Beech pond, 1320' 



Forks near T. B. Olver's, 1380' 



" School House No. 5, 1485' 



« C. Jay's, 1500' 



" C. Spry's, • 1385' 



« A. B. Kellam's, 1030' 



" H. S. Bishop's, 1210' 



Level of Williams's pond, 1285' 



Cross roads near J. Williams's, 1275' 



Forks next east, 1230' 



Crossing of stream next east, 1120' 



Cross roads east from R. Gregory's, 1220' 



Crossing of stream south of G. Shiner's, 1130' 



Forks near School House No. 7, 1330' 



Forks south from J. Garratt's, 1310' 



39. Texas, in Wayne county. 



This is a long narrow area lying west from Berlin, enclos- 

 ing Honesdale, the county seat. Lackawaxen creek flows 

 through its center from north to south, and drains its rain- 

 fall into the Delaware. 



The valleys of the streams are filled with great deposits 

 of Drift, which entirely conceal the bed-rock, and may pos- 

 sibly extend to a considerable depth below water level, 

 since no explorations have ever reached its bottom. 



The material of these Drift heaps consist largely of detri- 



