92 
BOCK FLOOR OF GREATER NEW YORK. [bull. 270 
Summary of records of borings in New York and vicinity — Continued. 
3. BORINGS IN THE OUTLYING BOROUGHS AND IN OTHER LOCALITIES NEAR NEW 
YORK— Continued. 
Location. 
Depth of boring to rock. 
Kind of rock, if known 
Serial 
num- 
Referred 
to U. S. 
■ 
ber. 
As given. 
datum, 
Sandy 
Hook. 
Hoboken— Miscellaneous— Continued. 
Bavarian glass works « — 
1 
1402 
Clinton street, between 10th 
and 11th. 
Jersey City. 
- 80 
Red shale. 
: 
1403 
Hudson street, between Morris 
and Essex. ° 
- 24 
- 14 
Gneiss. 
: 
1404 
Grove street between 7th and 8th. 
Mathiesen & Wiecher sugar fac- 
tory — 
- 70 
- 60 
Dark sandstone. 
1405 
Foot of Washington street, 
south side Morris Canal. c 
- 20 
- 13 
Gneiss and quartz. 
: 
1406 
Marsh, corner of Montgomery 
and Henderson streets. ^ 
- 15 
5 
Red sandstone. 
1407 
9th street, between Grove and 
Henderson. 
Pavonia Ferry — 
- 70 
- 60 
Do. 
1408 
2,300 feet east of 1416 
63 
- 63 
Serpentine 
14(H) 
2,850 feet east of 1416 
-120 
-120 
Do. 
1410 
3,300 feet east of 1416 
—179 
-179 
Do. 
Harsimus Cove — 
1411 
1 , 450 feet east of Green street, on 
a line halfway between 2d 
and 3d streets (produced). 
-160 
No rock. 
1412 
Foot of Bartholdi avenue, 50 feet 
from street e — 
- 66 
Trap. 
1413 
30 feet east of 1412 
- 38 
- 83 
- 70 
Do. 
Do. 
Sandstone. 
1414 
100 feet south of 141 2 
1415 
Pavonia avenue and Henderson 
street. / 
1416 
Ninth and Henderson streets 
- 70 
< Jranite. 
aSchrenk and Company, Ann. Rept. State Geol. New Jersey, 1901, p. 120. Record of well No. 1 
Clay and sand 80 feet, red shale 120. 
b Russell, I. C, Annals New York Acad. Sci., vol. 2, pp. 66-77. Nos. 1403-1407, elevations estima 
borings 1408-1411 supposed to be referred to mean tide. 
c White sandstone and thin bands of slate occurring below 800 feet. A few feet of rock at surf 
said to be serpentine. 
dRock penetrated for 200 feet, ended in whitish sandstone. 
e Greenville Brewing Company, Nos. 1412-1414. section: Fine sand, 50 feet; gravel, 5; trap roc: 
sand, bowlders, and gravel mixed, 26; trap rock. 15; brown sandstone, 15; black "trap" rock (bee 
ing bluish as depth increased i of a soft, almost talc-like character. 
/Lembeck & Betz Brewing Companv. Wells 1415 and 1416 at 150 feet struck soapstone, and 1 
feet struck granite. 
