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GEOLOGY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
(Table — concluded.) 
Peat. 
No. of acres. 
County. 
Locality, and miscellaneous remarks. 
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20 Putnam,. 
6 do . 
10 Westchester,. 
50 
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20 
17,000 
500 
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10 
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On the road from Putnam court-house to Patterson. 
Four miles southeast of Pecksville. 
One mile south of Scrub-oak plains. 
One quarter of a mile west of Bedford. 
Two and a half miles south of Crumponds village, on A. Under¬ 
hill’s farm. 
East of Croton, and four mUes southeast of Somerstown plains. 
PhilUpstown, east of Stewart’s iron mine. 
Phillipstown, half a mile south of above. 
PhUlipstown, near Davenport’s corners, five miles northeast of Cold 
Sprmgs. 
Phillipstown, in south-southeast part, near Saxon Smith’s. 
Drowned lands on WaUdll, ancient lake filled up. 
Graycount meadows, in Goshen and Blooming Grove. 
Abounds’ ’’ 
Ditto 
Ditto 
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Near Townsend’s ore bed, Canterbury. 
Several localities near Fort Montgomery. 
Several localities near Fort Putnam. 
Five miles southwest of West-Point, and half a mile west of Round 
pond. 
Near Patterson iron mine. 
Near Crossway iron mine. 
East of Sterling iron mine. 
One mile south of Long Clove, on J. Van Hou^hler’s land. 
Two miles west of Nyac, in the valley of the Hackensack. 
North end of Rockland lake. 
One mile southwest of Sneidiker’s landing. 
Between the lower village of Clarkstown and the Hackensack river. 
On turnpike on the mountain, between Haverstraw and Munroe 
works. 
Ditto ditto ditto. 
In valley of Stony brook, in valley of mountains. 
North end of Long pond. 
Crysler’s pond, Copake. 
Rhoda pond, Copake. 
Woodward’s pond, Copake. 
Hillsdale, two localities: 1st, in pond on Mrs. Burton’s farm 2d, on 
lands of Mr. Mitchell and Judge Loop. 
Buttermilk pond, Pine-Plains. 
Stanford and Pine-Plains, south of Stessing pond. 
South part of Redhook township. 
Long pond, one and a half miles east of Upper Redhook. 
Milan, one quarter of a mile east of La Fayette Corners. 
Stanford, in Thompson’s pond. 
Stanford, in Upton’s pond. 
Marsh in Rhinebeck, on Major Pultz’s farm. 
Marsh in Rhinebeck. 
Marsh in Rhinebeck, on Mr. Suckley’s land. 
Chalk pond and Round pond, in Amenia. 
Two miles east of Amema. 
Clinton, several marshes, and probably in the pond. 
in vv aiwicK.. 
Minisink. 
Goshen. 
Monroe. 
Cornwall. 
Blooming-Grove. ( 
New-Wmdsor. 
Newburgh. 
Montgomery. 
Hamptonburgh. 
Crawford. 
Walkill. 
Mt. Hope. 
More abundant in this county than 
perhaps in any other in the State. 
Probably from 30,000 to 40,000 
