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northern side of the anticline ranging from Half Falls 

 mountain over the Juniata, which ir crosses about 100 yards 

 north of the ridge already described. Thence continuing 

 west-southwest and gradually diverging from the former it 

 crosses the road from New Bloomfield to Baileysburg 

 nearly on the line of the run, and continues along the south 

 foot of Buffalo hills rising gradually with the land until it is 

 found again crossing the road that passes by the Clouser 

 ore works about 100 yards north of the washer. Continuing 

 through the woods its outcrop may be traced through Oliver 

 township across the New Bloomfield-Newport road on the 

 north side of Inoculate ridge in Centre township. Along 

 some part of its course this line of outcrop forms a rough 

 ridge of rocks, but in most places it is inconspicuous com- 

 pared with that to be next described. 



The third outcrop of Oriskany sandstone in the township 

 occurs as a synclinal fold between the two already men- 

 tioned. Beginning in the low ground about two miles west 

 of Baileysburg, it rapidly rises into prominence and forms 

 the crest of Inoculate ridge, which continues in an almost 

 straight line nearly parallel with the other ridges through 

 this and Oliver township, enters Centre and forms the crest 

 of the ridge on the road from New Bloomfield to Newport 

 400 feet above the Juniata, and continuing about a mile 

 further runs out behind the school-house near Mr. Oliver 

 Rice's. It must be borne in mind, however, that although 

 the Oriskany runs out the syncline of which it is the mid- 

 dle continues along the valley to a distance that cannot be 

 well determined, but probably as far as Bloomfield. 



This is by far the mosl important of all the Oriskany 

 sandstone ridges in the township, in consequence of the 

 quantity of iron ore which it contains. As it approaches 

 the Line of Oliver township the syncline, a1 first simple, be- 

 comes double by the rise of a small anticline in the middle 

 of it. This double syncline begins to develop its mineral 

 wealth in Miller township. The whole space between the 

 sandstone walls is filled with a mass of ore and ore clay, 

 lying in almost vertical beds and very much mixed up 



