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entirely composed of it. The Pigeon hills, for instance, 

 which run from the Susquehanna to Adams county, masses or 

 boulders are to be met with on the surface of the ground at 

 some distance from those localities where it is found in situ. 

 At the river Susquehanna, between Marietta and Columbia, 

 the quartz rock forms itself into several noble bluffs. The scene- 

 ry here for miles along the river may be considered as remark- 

 ably fine, and many think it equally romantic with any in our 

 country. 



COAL. 



Between the Little Conewago creek and the city of York, in 

 the townships of East and West Manchester, a thin layer of 

 coal has been discovered in several localities by those who have 

 sunk wells for water. It was not, however, of sufficient thick- 

 ness to arrest attention. At other localities fruitless attempts 

 have been made to find coal, and we are sorry to perceive not 

 only in this county, but in various directions through our country 

 very many enterprising and worthy, but too credulous citizens 

 have been led to expend, and frequently considerable sums in 

 searching for this valuable combustible in those places where 

 we might say, with some certainty, coal never will be found. 



Our citizens have been so frequently imposed upon by pre- 

 tenders who call themselves miners, or mining engineers, be- 

 cause they may have dug at Mauch Chunk, or at Pottsville, or 

 in the coal fields of Europe — and having acquired a vocabulary 

 of terms, go about the country proclaiming that coal may be 

 found on particular estates, and that the only reason why it has 

 not been found is because they have not dug deep enough, or 

 that the granite should be pierced, or, in fine, that there is coal 

 where in the very nature of things coal could not exist. Their 

 confidence induces the farmer thus to bury his hard earned 

 money, and it is not until he has been duped by these spu- 

 rious individuals, that he has discovered his mistake. Nor is 

 this abuse alone confined to the searching after coal, the whole 

 alphabet of metals may be found by a branch of hazlewood, 

 when in the hands of the gifted pretender. We cannot cry 

 out too loud against these charlatans, and unworthy, igno- 

 rant offenders. The facility with which these impostors de- 



