. St. Nicholas [serial] . eration by the Indians from the earliest times, andmany of their legends regarding the Rocks are still re-lated. The whole park is very stony. I have been toldthat there is in this country only one other group ofstones like these, and that it is in respectfully, Helen Stetson Jewell (age 14). Ringing rocks are simply close-grained,compact rocks which in weathering have bro-ken up into comparatively thin slabs and blockswithout much decomposition, or decaying, assome boys and girls would call it. They arelikely, therefore, to be found in any region ofcomp
. St. Nicholas [serial] . eration by the Indians from the earliest times, andmany of their legends regarding the Rocks are still re-lated. The whole park is very stony. I have been toldthat there is in this country only one other group ofstones like these, and that it is in respectfully, Helen Stetson Jewell (age 14). Ringing rocks are simply close-grained,compact rocks which in weathering have bro-ken up into comparatively thin slabs and blockswithout much decomposition, or decaying, assome boys and girls would call it. They arelikely, therefore, to be found in any region ofcompact rocks, particularly among what thegeologists call igneous rocks, and are morelikely to occur in dry regions subject to greatextremes of temperature than in wet. TheRinging Rocks of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, areknown as diabase (trap), a rock in nature likethat which makes up the famous Hudson RiverPalisades. Ringing rocks of the samenature are found also at Blacks Eddy, yourState, and in various places in other MUSICAL AND RINGING ROCKS.
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