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The Pan/pack sandstone has been quarried to a consider- 

 able extent along the bluff immediately above the creek 

 road ; a greenish gray rock which when seen in a building 

 from a distance, much resembles serpentine. The Protest- 

 ant Episcopal, and Catholic churches in Honesdale were 

 largely constructed of this rock. Near the top of the 

 stratum is a layer of calcareous breccia, which is quite ir- 

 regular, often disappearing entirely, while throughout the 

 rock, and especially between the layers are numerous frag- 

 ments of fossil plants. On one slab in the possession of 

 Prof. Dolph, I saw Arclmopteris {Cyclopteris) Jacksoni, 

 but this is the only determinable form that has ever been 

 found there to my knowledge. 



In the red shale immediately below the Honesdale L. 8. 

 a few nodules of copper glance were found several years 

 ago, and in the temporary excitement an effort was made to 

 open a copper mine which was of course, a failure. This 3' 

 band of blood red shale can be traced along the base of the 

 cliff for more than a mile and is a conspicuous object from 

 the valley of the Dyeberry. 



About one and a half miles west from Honesdale, where 

 the Light track of the Gravity R.R. makes the horseshoe 

 curve the following section is seen in descending from the 

 summit : (Fig. 52.) 



Gravity R.R. section. 



1. Concealed, (top A. T. 1440',) 35' 



2. Sandstone, 15' 



3. Concealed, 30' 



4. Sandstone, massive, 25' 



5. Red rocks, 30' 



6. Massive sandstone, (Honesdale Upper,) 20' 



7. Red shale and sandstone, 40' 



8. Massive sandstone, (Honesdale Lower, 25' 



9. Red shale, ... 10' 



10. Sandstone and red shales, 22' 



11. Sandstone, massive, 25' 



12. Red shale, 35' 



13. Sandstone, massive, (base 1105' A. T.,) 20' 



332' 



This section is only about two miles in an air line from 

 where the preceding one was taken, and yet a considerable 

 change in the character of the rock material is to be seen. 



