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covering an area of six acres. The peat is apparently of good quality, 
and may be made accessible with little expense. Several other small 
marshes of a similar character are found in the neighborhood. On the 
road from Cooperstown w^est tow^ards Oakville, are several small depo- 
sits. Tw^o miles south of New-Berhn, on the east side of the Una- 
dilla, is a peat sw^amp covering an area of forty-five or fifty acres. This 
is the most extensive deposit of the kind observed. Its depth is un- 
known ; in several places a pole was thrust down ten feet. It is pro- 
bably much deeper. This swamp surrounds a small pond which is 
gradually diminishing from the formation of this substance. The 
.swamp may be drained with little expense. Notwithstanding the value 
of this substance, as a manure, and its adaptation to the neighboring 
soil, its presence was heretofore unknown, or value unappreciated. A 
few other smaller deposits are found in the large north and south val- 
leys. 
Bog-ore, — Small deposits of bog-ore are numerous along the prin- 
cipal valleys, but in no place has it been found in sufficient quantities 
to be of any value. In the neighborhood of Colliersville, in the Sus- 
quehanna valley, Otsego county, are several small deposits ; also near 
Oneonta, Binghamton, Owego, &c. &c. 
Clays. — Beds of clay are of common occurrence in all the valleys 
and low grounds, some of which make good brick, which are burned 
in proportion to the wants of the inhabitants. 
Alluvium. — Beds of sand and gravel are common along all of the val- 
leys. These have nearly always been seen in connection with each 
other, the sand and gravel alternating, the sand invariably occupying 
the lowest position. These alternations are well exhibited at Che- 
nango fork, on the opposite side of the canal, and south, for two or 
three miles ; also, at several places along the Susquehannah valley, from 
Oneonta to Owego. 
Sulphur springs. — These springs are frequently to be met with 
throughout all the southern counties, and are only worthy of notice so 
far as the inhabitants have been led into useless expenditure by attach- 
ing value to them. North of Cherry- Valley, below the falls, are seve- 
ral springs of this character, which issue from the drab limestone and 
deposit tufa and sulphur. In the town of Pitcher, Chenango county, 
are several sulphur springs, which formerly attracted much attention. 
Two large hotels W6re built for the accommodation of visiters ; but the 
