Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . ft to mark the former presence ofthe limestone over the valley of the Antietam creek, represented in the small quarry of silicious limestone on Ohlingerdam road, 400 feet north of Denglers hotel, which showsa dip of S. 70° E. 46°. The limestone basin at the north base of the Neversinkhills, is about 400 feet wide increasing westward until at Catholic chapel it spreads south as far as the P. &R. pump house, below the Henry Clay Furnace, and north-east around Mt. Penn into the wedge-shaped plat extending up to the Pricetown road, and north-west to
Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . ft to mark the former presence ofthe limestone over the valley of the Antietam creek, represented in the small quarry of silicious limestone on Ohlingerdam road, 400 feet north of Denglers hotel, which showsa dip of S. 70° E. 46°. The limestone basin at the north base of the Neversinkhills, is about 400 feet wide increasing westward until at Catholic chapel it spreads south as far as the P. &R. pump house, below the Henry Clay Furnace, and north-east around Mt. Penn into the wedge-shaped plat extending up to the Pricetown road, and north-west to join thelimestone of the Schuylkill and East Penn valley. A patch of No. Ill, Hudson River slate, caps the lime-stone west of the P. & R. railroad, occupying Cemeteryhill, as shown on the Index map. Several exposures ofsilicious limestone occur along the base of the Neversinkhills, the first one in a small pit close to the junction of No. Second Seol. Surrey, 9d.^m. 9^eport 191 ^igr. 8. ^ig da/ni limestone q^uuiry. y&iUcal/Section^Magnetic ore T)ed6. 192 W. BEPOET OP PROGRESS. E. V. diNVILLIEES. I sandstone south-east of St Pauls church, dipping N. 60°E. 65°. Again it has been opened on the south side of the Cot-ton road, i mile south-west of last locality, where it is sosilicious and filled with chert and gravel as to render itsrecognition difficult. The dip is apparently overturnedhere S. 10-13° E. 63°-80°. The large gravel bank south-west from here, at bend ofWhite House road, shows cherty limestone also, dippingS. 5° E. 85°, strongly marked with cleavage. About 6 feet of good white and blue limestone is exposedat several places in railroad cut, north of the Reading IronWorks, dipping S. 39° E. 75°-80°, accompanied with finegravel. North of the church, and on north side of small streamrunning down through the city a good face of limestonefrom 30 to 40 feet thick is shown in W. Longs quarry dip-ping N. 10° E. 70°, but of poor quality. In the north-eas
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