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/t/^ip ATLAS WESTERN MIDDLE ANTHRACITE TJ-TP^T^^t PART, J.. 

Ai^ . Eleven sheets relating to the eastern portion of the Mahanoy-Shamokin Basin 
between Delano, in Schuylkill county, and Mt. Carniel, in Northumber- 
land county. 

4 MINE SHEETS, scale 800 feet to 1 inch, sB^jsths of nature, showing the 
plan of all the mines and the shape of ihe floor of the Mammoth Bed, 
where mined, and its most probable structure in undeveloped areas, "by 
contour curve lines, 50 feet apart. 

1. No. I, Delano Sheet, between Delano and Mahanoy City, in 
Schuylkill county. 
' 2. No. II, Shenandoah Sheet, between Mahanoy City, Shenan- 
doah and Gilberton, in Schuylkill county. 

3. No. Ill, GiRAKDViLLE SHEET, in Vicinity of Frackville and Gi- 
rardville, in Schuylkill and Columbia counties. 

4. No. IV, Ashland Sheet, in vicinity of Ashland, Locust Dale, 
Centralia, and Montana, in Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northum- 
berland counties. 

3 TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEETS, scale 1600 feet to 1 inch Tszisnths "f nature, 
showing the topography of the surface by contour curve lines, 10 feet apart. 

5. No. I, Mahanoy City and Delano Sheet, in the vicinity of 
Quakake Junction, Delano, and Mahanoy City, in Schuylkill 
county ; embraces area on Mine Sheet No. I. 

?<. No. II, Shenandoah and Girabdville Sheet, in the vicinity 
of Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Frackville, and Girardville, 
in ScliuylkiU and Columbia counties; embraces area on Mine 
Sheets Nos. II and III. 

7. No. Ill, Ashland and Mt. Carmel Sheet, in the vicinity of 
Ashland, Locust Dale, Centralia, Montana, and Mt. Carmel, in 
Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland comities; embraces 
area on Mine Sheets Nos. IV and V. 

4 CROSS SECTION SHEETS containing vertical cross sections exhibiting 
the geological structure of the coal beds. Scale of sections 400 leet to 1 
inch, ^j'njths of nature. 

8. No. I Sheet contains 4 sections between East Mahanoy tunnel and 
West Mahanoy City. 

9. No. II Sheet contains 5 sections between West Mahanoy Citj' and 
Mahanoy Plane. 

10. No. Ill Sheet contains 4 sections between Mahanoy Plane and 
Girardville. 

11. No. IV Sheet contains 2 detail and U skeleton sections between 
East Mahanoy tunnel and Locust Dale. 

Notes. — Columnar Section she'-ts and otlier illustrations relating to the 
area covered by the above slieets will be published in Part II. 

Single, unfolded copies of the above sheets cau be obtained, at cost of print, 
ing, by addressing 

^,^ ' - CHAS. a. ASHBURNER, 

fC^i-^f' v.- 'C % \ ^^ Geolofiist in C harge, 

1, •_■ ''.^^^r^ ^', 907 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 




ICj^yright, TSSi^'bi/ Willian^k^. fngham, Sfcretary Board of Onmmiasioners 
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DELANO SHEET. 

EASTMAHANOY R.R. TUNNEL 

AND PRIMROSE COLLIERY. 

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' >rOTES. 

1. The North and South Meridian and East and West Parallel lines are drawn 2,000 feet apart. 
2 All material printed m red refers direcllylo the Mammoth bed. The contour curve lines 501eet 
vertically apart on the floor of the Bottom Member are drawn in light red lines 
." The mine workings in beds overlying the Mammoth bed are shown in green lines, and those in 
beds tJnderlying the Mammoth bed in blue lines 
4. With the exception of tunnels and faults, the black print relates to surface features exclusively 



^Primrose Bed 
(Holmes Bed) 



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^^^Top memberl 
Middle „ pXT"* 



•_^B— • Bottom 
— .— .. Skidmore Bed 
— — — Seven Foot Bed 
■ BuckMountainBed 



?£ — ^^Top memoerl BB Sh afts « CoaJ Trial Shafts 

"~ "* i Slopes in color of Bed 

■■■( Tunnels 

Airholes 
j^ Drifts 
_j Coal Breakers 
^% and R R Stations 
feM^ Area of the K^p member of the Mammoth Bed worked out and undci developinenl 

IHI il l i l l JM l l ,. . middle 

^ i i^ ' i i ii i j ^^ J „ ' .. ., bottom „ „ „ „ ., » „ „ „ 

The area worked out and imder development ofbeds underlying and overlying theMaitmiolh coal bed,may be 
ascertained by i ircumsnn.iiiR the tops of (he airways andslopes and the lowest gangway driven in the" beds. 

Dislancf^s bet\%ecn Contour Curve lines ooriespondm^ to tbe Dip 
of the bottom memher of the Mammoth Coal Bed,ini)egrees . 
Scale 800 - 1" 



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D'laiio I.oiid Co and Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Fleber SThompson. Engineer. GirardEslates 

Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. P. W. Sheid'er, Kngmeer of .Mines 



i-niiaaeipnia ana Keaoing coal and 
Philadelphia andReadmg Railroad 



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LANE S. HAKT, ST/^TE PRINTER.. 



Latitude Mahanoy City-, Center and Mam Streets I Compxrt/rd) 40° 48' 43" 

longitude „ , , ^ east of Washington .54' 18. i 

Latitude Pott sville Court House I0b3er\-ecl) 40° 41' 10' 

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SECTION OF COAL MEASURES 

SHENANDOAH SHEET. 

ELLANGOWAN and 

INDIAN RIDGECOLLI ERIES. 



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Orchard Bed 



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,5'ei -en Bhot Bed 



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N^OTES. 
1 The North and South Mpridian and East andWest Parallel lines are drawn 2.000 feet ap 

2. All material pnntpd in red i-efers direellyto the Mammoth hed. The contour cun.o lines are di 
vertically apart on the floor of the Bottom Member 

3. The mine woi-kinga in heds ovcrlj-ing the Mammoth bed are shown in green lines, anc 
beds underlying the Mammoth lied in blue lines 

4. With the exception of tunnels and faults, the black print relates to surface features e; 

— • — — •— Trai-vRcil — — —Top memberi 

•• Middle .. pfo^nioth 

Rottoni „ ' 



^■•^..— DiajnondBeil 
■ -— ^ Orchard Bed 
^——™.-_ Primrose Bed 
'{"Imr ^ Bed 



jr g( ■>•>>•«•.. Skidniore Bed 
■0 E — ^ — — Seven Foot Bed 
jSS' "^^"^^ Buck Mountain Bed 



Shafts •€<« 
zsX Slopes in col 
^■i( Tunnels 
o Airholes 

^^ Drifts 

^ ToalBreake 



and n R.St 
Area of the t«p member of the Mammoth Bed workpil out and under developmeni 
, . middle . .. ., 
„ .. ,. bottom „ „ „ 

The area worked out and under developmeni of heds imilerlving and overlying tlie Mammoth coal bed r 
ascertained by circumscn^nig ibc to,)s nf the airw,^ys .indslopes and the lowest gangway driven in I 
Distances between fiuitnur I'urvc lines correspondinR to the Dip 
of the bottom member of the Mammoth Qoal Bed.inDegrees . 
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I Breakers 

I ft R Stations 

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I Mile 

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I.atiliulc MaKaiiO)' CLly, Center and Main Streels icoT.ipiu.-rtj 40° 48' 43" 

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SECTION OF COAL MEASURES 

GIRARDVILLE SHEET 

HAMMOND PRESTON AND 

GIRARD MAMMOTH COLLIERIES 

iB/S' TrH'Y BpiI 



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Diamond Bed 



Little Orchaid 
Bed 



Orciaid Bed 



•i—iip*! TtimroseBed 



IIohnes'Bed 



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tJ/ainniot/i Bed 







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ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. CH AS. A. ASH B U R N E R, G EO LOGIST IN CHARGE. 



X OTE S . 

ti Meridian and East andWest Parallel lines are drawn 2,000 feet apart 

111 red refers directly to the Mammoth bed. The contour curve lines drawn 50 feet 
e floor of the Bottom Member arc drawn in light red bnes. 

s in beds overlying theMammoth bed are shown in green hnes.and those in 

>Iamnioili hediiiblue lines. 

n of tunnels and faults, the black print relates to surface features exclusively. 



BS Sliafts ■ Coal. Trial Shafts 
t Slopes uicoifcar of Bed 

^i^ Tunnels 

o Air holes 
-^v- Drifis 
_J| L'o:±l Breakers 



OrchardBed §13 — — — Top member 
FWnroseBed 1 := ^^"~" r^u^''"" .. 
Holmes Bed g 
Bed. bdowMamnioth BuekMounlaiiiBed 

1 of the top inemtiei i.l the Mammoth I!, d wurkc .1 (nii 
. middle , . 
, bottom „ _ . 

uid under development of beds underUniij andoverhine th.- .Mammoth coal bed mav be 
istrit.msihetopsof the airways andslopes and the lowest Saniwav dnvru in the' bed 

Distances between Contour! urve lines corTespoiidin<< to the Dip 
— oflhe bottom member of the MammotliCoal Bed.iriDegrees . 



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nrt Readini; roal ;iii.l Iron <o Boher S Thompson. Engineer thruilKstates 

IniUiPadin^nailj-.iad Co P. W.Sheafer.KiigMieer ot Mines 

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AID , BAmn HAI^ERSTADT . 



JULIUS aiEN &C0 L1TH.N.Y 




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NOVEMBER 1882. 



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725 west 

Latitude Mahanoj-Qly, Center and Main Streets computed) 40* 48' 43" 

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bell's tunnel and pott's 
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Little Diamond 
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■ Primrosi- Bed 
' Holmes Bed 



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2. All material printed in red refers directly to the Wammoth bed The contour curve lines are drawn 50 feet 
vertically apart on the floor of the Bottom Member in li^ht red lines 

I '^^^ "".""■, '^"■■'''"S'' *" ''«<»« overlying the Mammoth bed are ahown in green lines, and those in 
beds underlying the Mammoth bed in blue lines. 

4. With the exception of tunnels and faults, the black print rela,tes to sDif'ace features exclusively. 

■""■— Top memberL ^1 Shafts • Coal •Bial Shafts 

••••••" Middle „ [Mammoth 

^^_^ n .. Bed 

-^— ^ Bottom „ ' 

Skidmore Bed 

^"^— Buck Mountain Bed 
•"•— * Ifpper Mrtnber of 
Lykens Talley Bed. 

Area of the top member of the Mammoth Bed worked out and under development 

... middle . .. „ „ 

sSl . . , bottom ... „ „ ■ „ . '!, I 

The area, worked om and under development of beds underlving and overiying the Mammoth eoal bed may be 
ascertajrted by circumscribing the topsofth^ airways andslopes and the lowest gangway driven in the bed 
This iiKipwas constructed from the siin-t-v^s of the 
I'lllUdellJli i jjid IWadlug Coal ailU Iron Cu. S.S.Bickel A: Co. 

I'hiladelphiaandReartinf R.Tilroad To Mantelius , Righter & to 

Loru8t Mountaitt Coal and Iroti Co. A.H.Chtu-ch Esq. 

Coal Hid;|e huprovement Co Isaac May i Co 

IZ^ 'l^^'^r'^'^^'^T "^ '^"^ ^^ Cochran. Civil & Miniix^ Engmeer 

Walter S Sheafcr Engmeer of Mines H.S. Thompson Kngineer Girard Istate ,-' 

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"""'■• " 10.13 , .. -nrest . 

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COMPARATIVJ 



Name of Colliery 
ON Mlve Sheet No. I. 


Naj 
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Beaver Run. No.l3. 
Coplay. No. 1. 
Glendon. No. 2. 
HiUside. 


Abandor 
L. F. Le 
J. C. Ha 


Mahanoy City. 
Morris or No. 12. 


P. &R. 


Myersville or Na 6. 

North Mahanoy. 

North Star. 

Oak Hollow, Vulcan or No. 8. 


Abandoi 
P. &R. 
Reynold 



ADDITIONS MADE TO PORTION 
Differences 



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ASST.GEULOGLST, HN .sLMS/^ ^^^^' il^lbkrst.w. 



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topoc;haphical map 

IN TEN-FOOT CONTOrrR CITO'ES OK 

A FOKTION0FTliE\\l<STERi\MIDDLK (OAI. FIELD 

BE'nvTJEN 

QUAlv.MvE JUNCTION AND MOUNT (JARMEL 

IN 

SCHUYLKILL, COLUMBIA A^D NORTHUMBERLAND COUNT 

f'onstrucfecl for 

THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD Co 

bv 

STf, PIIEN AAD JOSEPH S HAHKIS 

and 

A J.WOMRLSDORF 

18G8 tu 187.'; 

Nu|j|jleincnti(i liv M,i|).s of special areas 

' 'oriNtriii'ltuI tiv 

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THF, SKCOM) (,K(Jl,(XrJ(AI, SriiVK^' OK PK.NNSYIA'AMA 

S,;ile l(;i)(l |.',.(.| I,, I In, I, 
3 SHEETS 



NOTES 

iRATIVE LIST OF THE COLLIERIES AND OPERATORS ON MINE SHEET No. I. AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEE'] 



Name of Operator 
ON Mine Sheet No. I. 



Abandoned. 
L. F. Lentz. 
J. C. Haydon & Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Abandoned. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Reynolds, Roberts & Co. 



Name of Colliery Name of Operator 

ON Topographical Sheet No. I. on Topographical Sheet No. I. 



Beaver Run. 
Delano, Coplay, 
Glendon. 
East Mahanoy. 
Mahanoy City. 
Eshelmans. 
Mount Etna. 
North Mahanoy. 
Hartford. 
Gormans. 



J. O. Bowman & Co. 
Lentz, Bowman & Co. 
J. B. Boylan. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Abandoned. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Abandoned. 

Atkinson & Co. 



Name of Colliery 
on Mine Sheet No. I. 



Pine Creek. No. 9. 
Primrose or No. 7. 

Schuylkill. 

Staffordshire. 

Webster. 

West Lehigh. 

W. Lehigh, Malvern or No. 4. 



Name of Operator 
on Mine Sheet No. I. 



Abandoned. 
Primrose Coal Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Jones & Oliver. 
L. S.Baldwin. 
Abandoned . 
Fisher Hcizzard. 



Name of Colliery 
on Topographical Sheet No. I. 

Trenton. 
Primrose, New. 
Primrose, Old. 
Alter & Focht. 
Shoemaker's. 
Malvern Coal Co. 

West Lehigh. 

Malvern Coal Go's Colliery. 



> PORTION OF ORIGINAL MAP CONTAINED ON TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEET No I.-l. North and s<nUh, and east and ^est Hnes, 2000 feel apart referred to the true 

and Ryan townships. 4:. Approximate outcrop of lowest coal bed ( Lykens Valley) P"-" rejerrea to tne true 

Diffcrer^ces e^zst bet^ee^ the posttion. of tjie sa^e feati^res or^thrs sheet a,nd on .Hine Sheet ..Vo. 1, The latter sheet has been made from more, re cent surveys 



ON T 

Aba 
Prin 
Aba 

Foe] 
Mai 
Mai 

Aba 



meridian. 2. Part of plot of Mahanoy City 
and is to be accepted -m preference. 



Srair - 16111) Fi-ci i,i 1 fml. 



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-it 



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'T5^e '^-^ of N a I LI It'. 

J U LY 18 8 3. 



±_ 



200Lti\Ief ers - 2 Kilrtintftcrs 



t:hiut\s 
iot'eriiies 
^ Afil'js 



33111 t Nteters 




LD 



U.NTIES 



[EET No. I. 



Name of Operator 
on t0pogr.\phical sheet no. i. 



Abandoned. 
Primrose Coal Co. 
Abandoned . 
Focht, Whitaker & Co. 
Malvem Coal Co. 
Malvern Coal Co. 

Abandoned. 



iy City. 3. Line between Ruth 



LANES. hA'^•, STATE PRINTER. 



I.atUude Mahcm<,y Cilv, Center diid .Mctin Streets. icompviicd I _. 10° « 4/) ' 

Longilude . , , . . , east of Washmtton . . W, 18 4' 
Latitude Potts\Tlle Court House i Observed i 40° 41' 10" 

Longitude „ „ . „ east of Vashingloiv _ "" 51' 10 6 " 



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SHENANDliAH .WD C.IRARDVILLE SHKKT,SCHra,KILL ASTi rOLRffllA COUNTIES. 




_^ ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. CH AS, A. ASH BU R N ER, GEOLOGIST IN CHARGE 




i Gil oi^D earn 



AA2 



>VESTEI{N MIDDLE COAL FIELD TOPOGItXPFHCAL SHKET \? I. 





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COMPARATIVE LIST OF THE CO 



Name of Colliery | Name of Operator 

ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. on Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. 



Banks & Co. 

Barry. 

Bear Ridge, No. i. West. 

Bear Ridge, No. 2. East. 

Bear Run. 

Boston Run. 

Cambridge. 

Centennial. 

Colorado or Packer No. i. 

Conner. 

Cuyler. 

Draper. 

Ellangowan. 



Banks & Co. (abandoned). 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. (closed). 
Myers, McCreary & Co. 
Myers, McCreary & Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
Cambridge Coal Co. 
Abandoned. 
Philadelphia Coal Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
S. M. Heaton & Co. 
Oliver Ditson. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



Name of Colliery 
on Topographical Sheet No. II. 



Coal Run. 
Mahanoy Colliery. 
Tunnel. 
Bear Run. 
Boston Run. 

Centennial. 

Colorado. 

Girardville. 

Cuyler. 

Draper. 

Ellangowan. 



Name of Operator 
on Topographical Sheet No. II. 



Abandoned. 
Bear Ridge Coal Co. 
Bear Ridge Coal Co. 
Wiggan & Treibles. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Philadelphia Coal Co. No. 
Moodie, Gross & Co. 
S. M. Heaton & Co. 
Hickory Coal Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



Name of Colliery 
on Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. 



Elmwood. 

Eureka. 

Fisher's Drift. 

Furnace. 

Gilberton. 

Girard. 

Girard Mammoth. 

Hammond. 

Indian Ridge. 

Kehley's Run. 

Knickerbocker. 

Kohinoor. 

_Laurel Ridge. 



ADDITIONS MADE TO PORTION OF ORIGINAL MAP CONTAINED ON TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEET NO. 



ON Mil 

P. &: 

Abani 
Aban( 

P. &: 
p. & 
p. & 
p. & 
p. & 
p. & 

Thoir 
P. & 
R. H 
John 



^^■—l- North and south, and east and west 

and south of the P. and / 

L 



('.KI)I.(I(H.ST, B,\Kn WKIJ.S . 
.VSST.GEOLOlil.ST, H..N..M.\l.s, 



AID. RAIKD lUI,nKKST,\DT. 



JULIUS BIEN SCO LITH N.Y 







NOTES 



IE COLLIERIES J^NID OPERATORS ON MIIS^E SHEETS :N-os. II. A.NID III., J>^NU TO] 



SD III. 



Name of Operator Name of Colliery 

ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. i on Topographical Sheet No. II. 



P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
Abandoned. 
Abandoned. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
Thomas Coal Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
R. Hecksher & Co. 
I John A. Dutter. 



Elmwood. 



Furnace. 

Gilberton. 

Girard. 

Girard Mammoth. 

Hammond. 

Indian Ridge. 

Thomas Coal Co 's old breaker. 

Knickerbocker & Shenandoah. 

Kohinoor. 



Name of Operator 
ON Topographical Sheet No. II. 



P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



C. M. Atkins. 
Gilberton Coal Co. 
Theo. Garretson. 
Girard Mammoth Coal Co. 
Moodie, Gross & Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
R. Hecksher & Co. 



Name of Colliery 
ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III 



Lawrence. 

Lehigh or Packer No. 3. 

Mc. Michael Breaker. 

Middle Lehigh. 

North Ashland, east slope. 

Oak Dale. 

Packer No. 4. 

Plank Ridge. 

Preston No. i. 

Preston No. 2. 

Preston No. 3. 



Name of Operator 
ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. 



Jacob Lawrence. 
Philadelphia Coal Co. 



Middle Lehigh Coal Co. 
P. & R C. & I. Co. 
E. L. Powell & Co. 
Philadelphia Coal Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 



Name of Colliery 
on Topographical Sheet No. II. 



Lawrence. 


La\ 


Williams & Herrings. 




McMichael. 


Mn 


Mahanoy Valley. 


Ab 


New Boston. 


Ne 


Union No. 2. 


J.^ 


Philadelphia Coal Go's No. 4. 




Plank Ridge. 


P. 


Preston No. 1. 


P 


Preston No. 2. 


P, 


Preston No. 3. 


P. 



onI 



asi and west lints, 2000 feet apart referred to Ute true meridian. 2. Part of plots of FrackuiUe, Shenandoah, Gilberton, Girardvil'e and Preston resteelit.el^, V T.*.^..*i... r„ \ ,- , t ^ ~ ~ 

He P. and R^R. R.^ between Trae^.lle and Cl^erton; (d) north of L. K R. R. itu^een Kohinoor Collier; a,^ RaJs /..^C t;;lf ^ ^i^ tt L I'l^^lt ^Crehl IwlflZf ZT\ ''T/' 

^'^^ 1'''?^ ^2,'*'^' -iflVO M^. nn,w 

— '- ' — =^ . iff 552: 98.00 losaoKcci 

jfc ¥^ 3? LjO « " I hair,!, 

J ■"' 'fe *«° aoIVithcs 

— ;^ SE . 2 .Vfiles 






4^ 



(,'hajns 



4o6c' 



>Vn->ie« 

Miles 



Meiers :;oo" 



lOtHj Meters ■ I Kilomcler 

192^*6 *^- of Na-tiire. 

J U LY 18 8 3. 



2uOo Merprs-^Kilurnclera 



.l^^B,^ Meters 



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if 







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^r^^ PiaLADA.6rRE.\IJli\G COAL 

S»S>'fA*fOOM City COLUKf^Y 'C\ 



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TOPOaHA^PHIC^L SHEET ISTo. II. 



II. 



Name of Operator 
ON Topographical Sheet No. II. 



Lawrence, Morkle & Co. 

Moodie, Gross & Co. 

Abandoned. 

New Boston Coal Co. 

J. Anderson & Co." 



P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



Name of Colliery 
ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. 



Preston No. 4. 
Shenandoah City. 
Shenandoah, Lost Creek 

Packer No. 2. 
Stanton. 
St. Nicholas. 
Suffolk or Coal Run. 
Tunnel Ridge. 
Turkey Run. 
West Shenandoah. 
William Penn. 
YatesviUe. 



or 



Name of Operator 
ON Mine Sheets Nos. II. and III. 



P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
Philadelphia Coal Co. 

Miller, Hocii& Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Suffolk Coal Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

William Penn Coal Co. 

P. & R. C. & L Co. (closed). 



Name of Colliery 
on Topographical Sheet No. II 



Preston No. 4. 
Shenandoah City. 
Shenandoah. 

Stanton. 
St. Nicholas. 
Suffolk. 
Tunnel Ridge. 
Turkey Run. 
West Shenandoah. 
William Penn. 
YatesviUe. 



Name op Operator 
ON Topographical Sheet No. II. 



P. & R. C. & L Co. 
J. O. Rhoads & Co. 
Philadelphia Coal Co. No. 2. 

MiUer, Hoch & Co. 
St. Nicholas Coal Co. 
Suffolk Coal Co. 
George W Cole. 
Haas, Brenheiser & Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 
William Penn Coal Co. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 



Penn collUrits ; (h) north of the top of Bear Ridge, from the west line of East Mahanoy township, west for about two miles; (c) on the north slope of Mahanov Mountain 
coal bed (Lykens Valley). -^ 



LANE S.HART, STATE PRINTER. 



Shenandoah, tenter and Main Streets , 



.4 7 miles iiiii-lh of Mahanov City 
'3.12 ■■ west . -. ' „ ■ 

LatiVudje Mahaiioy City tenter and Main streets (computed I 40"48'4.''," 
Longitude .. . . „ „ . - east of Wa-shin^lon 54 Hi. 4" 



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ASHLAND AXI) MOUA'T (ARW.L SHEET. SCHl^T.KUL, COLUMBIA AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES. 




ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. CH AS. A. AS H B U R N E R, G EO LOCI ST IN CHARGE. 



N R T/H U M B E /R L A IS^ D 




i [^EQIB^^VWI 



WESTERN xMlDUiE COALFIELD T0P0GR4PF^1CAL SHEET X" IE 



AA 




c ? 

3@ii1^Kfc REi\DIXG 




COlVtP^RA^TIVE LIST OF THE COI 



Name of Colliery 


Name of Operator 


Name of Colliery on 




ON Mine Sheets Nos. IV. and V. 


ON Mine Sheets Nos. IV. and V. 


Topographical Sheet No. III. 


Topograph 


Bast. 


P. & R. C. & I. Co. 


Bast & Co. or Union. 


P. & R C 


Bellmore or Coal Ridge No. 2. 


S. S. Bickle & Co. 


Coal Ridge No. 2. 




Black Diamond. 


A. W. Schwenk & Co. 


Black Diamond. 


Schwenk i 


Big Mine Run. 


J. Taylor & Co. 


Big Mine Run or Bast. 


Jeremiah 


Big Run. 


Abandoned. 


Locust Mountain. 


Abandone 


Cambrian. 


Abandoned. 


Cambrian. 




Centralia. 


L. A. Riley & Co. 


Centralia. 


Dr. Prove 


Cleaver and Yocum. 


Abandoned. 






Coal Ridge No. 3. 


Abandoned. 


Coal Ridge No. 3. 




Continental. 


Lehigh VaUey Coal Co. 


Continental. 


Gorrell & 


Diamond. 


Abandoned. 






Eagle. 


Abandoned. 


Eagle. 


Brentzel 8 



ADDITIONS MADE TO PORTION OF ORIGINAL MAP CONTAINED ON TOPOGRAPHIC 
from Centralia to Ashland ; (b) between Mammoth and Enterprise Collieries; (c) on the north side of the middle I 
Kennedy, Ruhard Turns, Joseph Jordan, John Whtteman, John Young, Caleb Lownes, George Ashton, William Ellio 
been made from more recent surveys and, are to be accepted in f reference. 



GEOLOGIST, BARD WELl.S , ^,„ 

.\SST. CSOLOGLST. HJs.siMS, ^^' ^"^ halberstadt. 



JULIUS BIEN SCO L1TH.N.Y 




NOTES 

^ COLLIEKIKS J^NT) OPERATORS ON MESTE SHEETS Nos. IV. AND V. AND TOF»0 



Namk of Operator on 
I Topographical Sheet \i>. III. 

I P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

I Schwe'nk & Althouse. 
' Jeremiah Taylor. 
Abandoned. 

Dr. Provost. 

Gorrell & Audenreid . 
Brentzel & Fortenbaugh. 



.Na-me of Coii.iery Name of Operator 

j-\ Mine Sheets Xos. IV. and V. ' on Mine Sheets Nos. IV. and V. 



Enterprise. 
Green Ridge. 
Hannons. 

Hazeldell. 

Keystone. 

Locust Run. 

Logan. 

Mammoth. 

Merriam. 

Montana or Monroe. 



Abandoned. 

I Abandoned 

Abandoned. 

L. A. Riley & Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & L Co. 

L. A. Riley & Co. 

P. & R. C. & L Co.lAbandonedl 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

A. H. Church. 



Name of Colliery on 
Topographical Sheet No. III. 



Enterprise. 
Green Ridge. 

Haugh & Hirsch. 
Hazeldell, Gorrells. 
Keystone. 
Repplier's. 

Mammoth. 
Merriam. 



Name op Operator on 
Topographical Sheet No. III. 

Abandoned. 
Abandoned. 

Abandoned. 
Robert Gorrell. 
P. & R. C. & L Co. 



P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



Name of Colliery i 

on Mine .Sheets Nos. IV. and V. [ on M 



Monitor. 

Morris Ridge. 

Mount Carmel. 

Mount Carmel Shaft. 

North Ashland. 

Pioneer. 

Potts. 

Reliance. 

Reno or Coal Ridge No. 5. 

Rough & Ready. 

Tunnel. 



G.M 

Isaai 
Mon 
P. & 
P. & 
Abai 
P. & 
P. & 
Abai 
Abai 
P. & 



OGRAPHICAL SHEET No. HI.— I. North and south, and east and west lines, 2000 feet apart referred to the true meridian. 2, Part of tlots of Ashland rentrnlin /»«// Mt r^^,.i ^ j. ,■ i •> t- 

the middle branch of Shamoi.n Creek, with.n an area which ,s 1400 feet wide at Shamokin and which tapers to a point on the miliam Miller trcut fd\inarealZludedwithfJ\heZl^^ ^f.^P^^ 

'illiam ElHott, and Mary Davidson tracts, whuh was taken from the property map of the Locust Mountaii Coal a J Iron Company. 4. f^Z/Ze 'Jrr^p T^esTco'^^LiZkel^vill^^^^^^ 



le-^!) 



"^^r 



SCcUc teuO J-'f.'L 1.0 1 [iirli. 






3l.io 



(J Mete rs :;oo 



Hfk> ion.> Meters I Kilometer 

T5^W »h? of Nature. 

JULY 188 3. 



10600 



2uoo Meters -2 Kilometers 



I* Chains 

fro Torches 
^ MileN 




:>poaRAPHrcAi. shi^^t isto. hi. 



Namk of Ofkrator 
V. I O.N Mine Sheets Nos. IV. a.ndV. 

' G. W. John.s. 

j Isaac May & Co. 

Montelius, Righter & Co. 
I P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Abandoned. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 

Abandoned. 

Abandoned. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



Name of Com.ierv on 
I Topographical Sheet No. III. 

Monitor. 

Stuartville. 

Alaska. 

Union. 

Bancrofts. 

Locust Dale. 

Reliance. 

Reno or Coal Ridge No. 5. 

Rough & Ready Drifts. 

Tunnel. 



Name of Operator ov 
Tofographicai, Sheet No. III. 

G. W. Johns & Bro. 

Wm. Montelius. 
P. & R. C. & I. Co. 
J. Anderson & Co. 
Abandoned. 
Abandoned. 

Mills & Morris. 

P. & R. C. & I. Co. 



^f^Ph (a)tn area bounded by wagon road from Ashland to Aft. Carmd, Aft. Carmel to Centralia, aftd 
h, Wilham Powell, Peter De Haven, William Miller, William Porter, Daniel Reese, John Warner, Daniel 
veen the positions of tke sameyixUtms on this sheet ajtdonMine Sheets JI^IVaHdV,the laiUrs '*ets have 



LANE S, HART, STATE PRINTER. 



iVriiPv ,.f lV„tHr Mud Third strept.s Asldaad 2.27 imlci s.iuth ul' Maluuiuy Citv 

• - 10.13 .. west . .. " .," 

i.aliluile .Vtiiliaiiuy I'lty renttr aiid Main stivets (computed) 40'48'43" 

" ■• ■ ■ east uf ■Washington 5418.4" 



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AIAIIANOY- S1LAM0KL^BASL\ IN SCHITLKILL COUOTT 



SECTION N? 1, THROUGH THE MINE 

Be 



SHENANDOAH BASIN 

\ 



COPLAY COLLIERY ANTICLINAL 



SCHITYLKILL COLLIEF 



BUCK MOUNTAIN 
- _ OVERTURNED BASIN 




Tidf Le\'el. 



SECTION N" 2,THR0UC 



roPLAY COLLIKRY 
AXTICLIXAl, 



S Snil'^XKILI. COLl 
ANTICLINAI. 



BUCK .\fOfNTMAl OVEBTl^RN \ 

BASIX * . -S 

COPLAY COLLI C/^Y N°l s5 * 




TideLnrI >= 



/ 



SECTION 



NORTH BRAXCH OFk. ELLANGOWAN BASIN 










. i 2 



' ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. CH AS. A. ASH BU RN ER, GEOLOGIST IN CHARGE. " 



xMINE WORKINGS OF mTRSMLLE , COPIAY AND MORRIS COLLIERIES ANT) THROUGH THE EAST MAHANOY Tl^^ia. OF THE 

Bearinc Constructed from the Surveys of the Delano Land ("ompjuiv and tlio Second Geological Survev 

'-X.14ns'S45''30 E.— ' • . 



PH] 



KILL COLUERT, ANTK'IXXAL 



LV 



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MORRIS COUJEm' ANTICLIXAL 



BASIS « "^^ 



MAKAXOr BASIN 



Si 







>. THROUGH THE ML\K WORKINGS OF WKST LEHIGH, COPLAY, SCHITLKILL, GLENDON, PRIMROSE. HILLSIDE AND OAK HOLLOW <VrL( 

Constructed from tlio Surveys of the Delano Land Company and tl\« Second Geological Survey. 
" * Bearine *S IS"-!,^ E.--- t ^ 



n'^XKIU. COLLIEJRY 
.\XTICL1XA1. 5 « 

:7?777?.V| 



I 



.M.lHXSOr H.\.SI. 





SECTION N«;L THROUGH THE MINE WORKINGS OF BARRY, YATESVILLE, MAHANOY ( ITY ELMUOOD AND TFNNEL RIDGE COLLIERIE 
Constructed from Uie Surveys of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and llu:' Second Geological Sur^^c^'. 



\VA.\ B.ISI.V 



SCHITLKILL rOLLIE^V 
AXTICL^'AJ. k 



5j: 



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if 



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•5' X* OLLIfCHY BASI.V^% \ iV^ 



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WESTERN MIDDLE COALFIELD CROSS SECTION SHEET N9l. 



PHILADELPHIA AND READING R\IL ROAD 




(VlTLC\Ni COLLIERIES. 



MAKANOV MOirxTAIN 




Tui* Ley-el . 



[ERIES. 



\0Y BASIS 




MAHAKOY MOt'XTAIN MAHANOYMOIXTAIN ANTICLINAL 

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IIROUGH TIIK MINK WOHKIXGS OF BARRY, YATCSVILl.K, MAHAN'OY riTV, KLMWOOD AND Tl'NXEL RIDGK COLLIEHI 
'oiislriictofi from tlio Surveys oi' the Philadelpliia and Roadine Goal and Iron Companv and tlu' Second (W^olooicul Sui-^-oy. 



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SECTION NO 2», THROUGH COPLAY SHAFT, SCHIT\'LKILL COLLIERY WORKINGS, AND SLOPE MOUTH 

OF GLENDON COLLIERY. 
Conslnirted from the Surveys of the Delano Land Company. 

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SECTION N 



COPLAY COLLIERY WORKINGS 



GL^END^ON C'ViLLIERY W O R K I N GS 




MAHANOY MOIXTAl 

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1. Tlt£ rharocttr of the strata fiae aJSvtr bem det^rmirwd ori.9 approximotdy kruown. in thost 
localities t*-herr the sectiaiig /uit^. been sfiad^d ; /}rr m^trr de/inite ijt/6miatinrt r^spefting the 
thzckn^^A and c/uimrterof'ihe cocJ, bedj and uf the jftrfUa. Itettvten th^tit^ reference nuigt be 
inadf tn tlie Colmniuir Sectutn sheets 

2 The positions of the coal be*ts ore apprarinuUetv known where they are uuUroied by a 
he<j yy Une . Inhere Uuy are represoMeA hy ttro Uffhl Unrs the coai has genjeruUy been worked 
out of the. bed where the section plane intetyects it . Where the coal beds art rtpmsenltd by 
a sin^U, Utfhl Unr their posJiions are hypothetical . 

'i- The sexHons on thig sheet hare been congtrurted. from the stirihct and underaround surveys of 
the minify er^ineers and operating companies named in the tides of the indtvidiLoL seciians 
and from those made by the Geoloaiad Survey. 
4 . The proli/es of the sections were not tahnx from ihf iapoqmphtrul shr^ts . 



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Coiistriirteil from llio Surveys of P. W. and ^V. S. S heater Knyineers of Mmps. 




LANE S HART, STATE PRINTER 



RKI-ERF.X<E SURVEY MAPS 
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■ ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. CH AS. A ASH BU RN FR GEOLOGIST IN CHARGE. 



: MINK WORKINGS OF INDm- KmGE.PL.VXK R,D(;K,,LVHTOrUKK^ 

^ (on»„.,utecl f,.„„, ihe Suneys „|- ,he |-l„l,ul,.||,luu „„.l ll....l,„.a C.al and Iron Company and 



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r.IHAKDVILM.: ANTK I.INAL BEAR R,DC 

(HHAHUVILI.H It AS IX 

COLORADO COLLIERY _---- 



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AS .^D BOSTON RUN COLLIERIES. 



MA H A X () Y A N 'I' 1 (' 1. 1 XA L 



MAHAXOY BAS/X 



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S^ N / CH O LA S COLLIERY 

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iV\:\{ COLLllMxMKS. 

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R RIOCE N' Z COLLICRY 



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POSITION OK THK CROSS SUCTIONS 

ON SHKET TT 
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ASSIStVNT GEOLOGISTS !*''"' SHEAFER.to July 188:' 
|B.\RD WELLS, since 
ASSISTANT, H N.SIMS 

-AID, BAIRD HALBERSTADT 



JULIUS BIENStO LITH NY. 



si;( TioN x'.'r, ,TiiK()r(;ii thk mini-: workixi.s of I'ackhh X"lv ( sukxandoaii > Colorado, ijkah hii)(;k x'^'^ i. 

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AR RIDCE N" 2 COLLIERY 



LAWRENCE COLLIERY 




Title Level 



Xo ffJ. 
I Hif iitiuMt-triof'the sOviu hnx only been detentuned .m Uiasn iociiUlies wh^rr thj- sectiuus 
fut\f brm shaded., tbrmorr defviiie ijtfiyrf tuition .respectutq tJte Oiuknrjs and rJutructa' 
ofthf coal bed^ aiui afihe atrtxta. hettreen Ihan, t ^^e r r i ice imist hn made to the Cplumnar 
Sdctiim .fheets. 

2. Thx poritions of'th^ coed, bed^ arc only knoH'/t, nilh any catautlv, H'furt Otev are indicated 
by a hea.^- line or' by ttvn light iines. Bt the taiter case the coal Ilom generally been worked 
out of the hed^wha-e the section plane intersects it. Whore- tlte coal beds are rtprA-'enied 
hy a .single Hglit line their pasitiawta are only appruxirnatdy hnown . 

3. The .'ectionj on ^is sheet have hem coTLStru£led, train the xurface UJid lautetynfimd survevs 
of the ndjan^ etufuu-ery and frptfoting companies ruinied. iii tlw- titles •»/' tile inditidutil 
sections, antt trvnt those majdr hy the Geological Surve%' . 

•J Thi ftroti/es of tlie ^rcttons Hvn^ not lukrii fhint tlie t^ipogrtiphiml nhe^U 



LANE S.HART, STATE PRINTER. 



REFERENCE SURVEV MAPS 

WESTERN MIDDLE I MINE SHE{:TS NosDjonHn. 

COAL FIELD. | TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEET IT TL 



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SECTION N? 7 THROUGH THE MINE WORKINGS OF GIRARD MAMMOTH, CU YLER 



C;on.s.fmcled from Ihe SurN-eys ofPW and WS. Shearer.Engineers ofXIines. Heber S.TI.onip.son. Kt.gir.ecT of ( 
|<y/-<?/i^^l> *" MAMMOTH \ col\l/£^ry ^^ % ^ J IJoapiiio: S.16"K. "» •• 

"^ " ^ * i§ ^^ S! I . I- ^ - _ __ __ __ I.Ofl'ST MOI'XTAIN ANTin.IN 



CKX\TIIAI.I.\ KHA.SIK CL/YI.ER COd-tETHr 




ANTHRACITE DISTRICT CH AS. A. AS H B U R N ER. G EO LOGIST IN CHARGE. 



*C-ii^TJ AI71 



:UYLER AND ILVMMOXD COLIJKHIES. 

Sineer of Girard Estate and the Second Geolo^if al Sui-vev. 



\NTiri,lNAL 

_^_ HAMMOND COLLIERY 



HAnrUffONO '^ COLLIERY 
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SECTION X» 8 THnorGJI^HE MIM-nvORKlNGS OF CONTINENTAL, NORTH ASH1^\NI) AND PRESTON N«« 1, 2. 3 AND 4 COLLIERIES, 
rveys of Hobor S. Thompson.Eu^inqer ofGirard Eslale, P.W andW. S. Slicafer.Eiiginoer.s of .Mnios, llic Philadelphia and lieading CoaJ aiid Iron Company and Ihe S 

Bearing': S.13° 45' E. 



PAIN ANTIC'MXAI. 




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C.lKAUnVllA.¥. ANTICLINA1< 



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Si;(TI()N N<.',9 TIIROI'GII THE MINK WOlMvINCJS OF CENTILVIJA, HAZEL DKf.L.RAST ANO TINXKI, COLLIERIES 

j.ist.-u<l,.,l (VoiM II,.- Survvs oltlu. I.<„'M.st Monntait. Coal and lion Company , llic I'hiladotpiiia an.l U..,ul,n.4 Coal an,! I,„i, Companv ar,.l tlu. S.Mon.l (Ic.Iotju'al Siuvby 

IJraiino S 10" If) E — * 
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BAST COLL/ £RY 



(;KUMA\T(nvX ■* ANTKUSSNAI, 

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•ntnr »vriimn.r frrm u fa/ntH tilvut 'm th . rniir nfrfh ot'fftr I'^ntmim l',lhny 
■r yrrrr t'ttrrnrrtr .fHfjHWtti Ir it ttt fkr Ljkn*^ IhUrr hfJ lui.l arr .tn tmLfitOJ (^ 

'iiui ut wkat ha.1 twem atllnt iJu imrtini .SLaftmt^ l \rrtii rrrfti /i*init '/^r tifliiU.*' 



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WESTERN MIDDLE COAL EIELD, CROSS SECTION SHEET N"III. 



Xotes. 

1. Ttu diiwarin-orthe siirttn kns tmh hem dctmnin^l .in those Utralities n'furr the sections 
hnve hrru siuuifd t t\n' infitf itffiniif iiifimn<rtian .rrspectimf Hie thu^cnas and (hoTUCitr 
otthefoalhed^anttafthfsitxitit hehrren th^m.iyference must he nuuU to the Qflumnar 

■ intinn .f?trrf.f. 

2. The pmnltotLS cl'the ctnii beih lUr onty known, nith any frrtauitv. tfhav tiiev air indicated 
by II hetity finr or ii ttto ii<jfit line.i. in the hitter rase tii^ roal 1ui9 qtneraUv been worked 
«H/ ot'the he,i. H-hery the .*ecittm plttne iittn-sertjit it. Uliere the coal beds are irprejented. 
by II M/uffe htfht line th^r ftosittonj' tzre only apfuixrijuatelv l-nown . 

J. Jh^ sretioiis tm this ^heei hatv i«en Canjfrfir/ed,trmn tli£ surtucentid lauiergrottnd surveys 
ofth€ ntnurui ttup'nrefv and ap^titinp rompojules luuiteei in the tilles of the indiyidutil 
sections, and fivm tho^e ntatle hy the Geologicai Surviry. 



Second Geological Sui^vey 



BEAR KinOK /VNTICMXAl. 



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/imi^r-r n-rrr t'li-iiirHy ■•■iif'/ 

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MINE SHEETS NOSmANoIV^ 

SHOWI.NO THE 

POSITION OF THE CROSS SECTIONS 
ON SHKf;T ni. 
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'JUUUSBltN» COUTH NY 



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SASr COLLIERY 



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oiisliuilfd IVom llii' Surv<-.v.s ol" (lie Ixiciist M()\nil;iiii ( oal .iii(i Iron (ump.inv , the I'lul.ulrJplii.i and lif.i<li!iL; Ciial .uid 1 run t'oiiipaiiv aiul the Second ( icolo-ical Siiivoi 

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COAL FIELD. | TOPOGRAPHICAL SHEETS N"^ n AND HI. 



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SIX'TION N., 11. ('(LN'l'IXUKI) TO rill.; NOHTII TIIh'OUdH THE MINE WORIvlXCS 0[-^ \n UAHMKr.I 
Constructed from the Smveys ulthe CoalKidye Lu.i.n.v..iiH«nt andCoal ('rnnp;n.v. TJ„" l.o.nsl Mouulani foal an.l [,•,.„ ( 



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SECTION No 
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lEL, H( ncu AND REL\i)v. coAi. luix;?: .\o ;} .\ND bp:llmohe colliebtes. 

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tar ,1 Juftrfrti inlerprelahrii m' Ihr strurtiire alanxi the Itnr 
at Dur jrtti.m rrtirmtf mai hr nuulr to an arbiit on 'ftu- Fe.<i,Hs 
ol thr IhanuinA IlrxW hy Lr^--3 AJbln (Tranj .i./.M As lot V ) 



TuJe Lnel 



A HYPOTHETICAL 

i.oxcrirDiXAL skctiox oi'riih: mahaxoy coal has in 

Sliouiiiii flu- lou-i-sl Lcv.-l oltlu-. Vh.niinolhli, -till. .Ill the K.isl Mahanoy Rail Ro^id Tujin..) to iJuAWst Kii.l <.ri..H-ii.st I),.).. 

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Nolo THROUGH THE MINE WORKINGS OF RENO COLLIERY 
sti'ucted li-ODL llip Sui-\-eys ol'tlxe L'oalRiil<i<» InipTtn-vinenl ("ontpaiiy 
and the Second Geoloeical Siu'^'e)'. 
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o Srnlc lOO Feet to 1 Inch 



I it£No\coLi.ieKr COAL TiFDaE ON .\fO.\TASA BASIS 




1. Thf <4uiraji^£t- of the strata, hm only been det^rmuietf irt Uto^r loralUi^s wherr tite terttons 
hxt-^f hevii .thae/etti f'ct' nu>re definite in^rmrttiittri .rr-ryectuu/ tJie thir^cnejs Ojui rJiamtier 
of the crmJ btd^ txn*t at the jttnita het*reen th^m, rriererure niust hf finite tu the 1 1' Umui du' 

■ 'irrtMOn ^herL* 

2 . The por\t>^iu> of the coal hois cut only krto^'n t*tth uni iatuiJit\ nherr fJiet itrr iJidkttJfeJ 
hy o fietti-* line or hv t%*o liqht hj*e^ In the lati^r nute the cuaJ h^t^ tferufrullx heen worked 
(n*I at the b^ti *t-herr the .■ftrtton pitLne rntar^ert^ it . hTterr 0\e lotil hrds ai f ryjjre^nitrd 
f>V a .rtnale ht/hf hjve thear ^osiil^ru <*Tr •miy ufipi-o.rtrruiiely A.ntt**m 

,i The eettittrt^ an thu sheet ha\f been conMru^rted frxnn th£ xurfatre aiuJ iaideitii-otutj.1 survey,* 
of the nttnutii rwunneer.* and apej-attruj c^mtpafues ruvied ui the -fjliejt id' tJir iriAimdjuil 
fe,rtu/ne arui fratn f/ut*e inadr h\ the ireoloifuruJ Sur-\■r^ 



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SK'hILKTOX MAP OE'MJXL: SilMElTS X "^ 1 . II, 1 1 1 AX I ) iv" 

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ASSIS'LAXT GEOLOGISTS h'' "' i^HEAFERio JulylflSZ 
\HARD WELLS, since . 

ASSISTANTS | ,^ J^^^^^,.„h 

AID, BAIRD HALBERSTADT 



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, ^I^iyj'^'l'UX 'M^P OF^^MiXlv SHIOKI'S N"*^ 1. U. Ill a;XI) 

Oii((r(.ps (>r llK•■^li|^l^Ilu»'thRfM^un(^ lli<|l^«)lt()mk)f theRijftsvitt^ ,Cs?n^\oikeTa[r N" XII , 

tlio s^^l(li»rTi^l ax^s in thf.Mainiucith BjmI / ; p--— -__/ 



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Uortrslfrad Station 

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KEi-KRENCK bURVKY MAPS 

Imixe sheets n^"* i,n,ni and iv. 

TOPOGRAPHK'.'lI, sheets X"» Ln,^VND HI. 
COAL FIELD. CROSS-SECTION SHEETS N"* l.n, .VND lU . 



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