Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . 6 in. to 2 ft. 6 in. thick. The latter has been opened by Mr. Beattie at a bank onthe river bluff. Immediately above the entry there is sixfeet of hard massive sandstone, which a short distance north,swells downwards until it attains a size of thirty feet ofhard massive conglomeratic sandrock, forming verticalcliffs, and ground beneath with a talus ofbroken stone on which rest immense masses of rock in theshape of nearly rectangular blocks from 20 to 30 feet high. The thickening of this rock cuts off the coal, which restson a bed of slate tha
Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . 6 in. to 2 ft. 6 in. thick. The latter has been opened by Mr. Beattie at a bank onthe river bluff. Immediately above the entry there is sixfeet of hard massive sandstone, which a short distance north,swells downwards until it attains a size of thirty feet ofhard massive conglomeratic sandrock, forming verticalcliffs, and ground beneath with a talus ofbroken stone on which rest immense masses of rock in theshape of nearly rectangular blocks from 20 to 30 feet high. The thickening of this rock cuts off the coal, which restson a bed of slate that is also pinched out by it. Thoughit is a very irregular and uncertain bed, it yields verygood coal at this bank. The sketch shown by Fig. 133is intended to illustrate peculiar irregularities of its base,and is a conclusive proof that it had its origin in driftedcarbonaceous matter, for how else could the peculiarshoe of coal be formed that is seen projecting from thebed downwards into the underlying slates. BeattiesBankCoal 6 to The Connoquenessing (Lower?) Sandstone, lying nearwater level at this bank, is not a very prominent stratum,and is completely overshadowed by the more massive cliffrock above it. * I am somewhat inclined to think this stratum may be a split from theConnoquenessing Upper rook. If it is the Homewood SS. its position is veryremarkable lying as it does so far below the limestone. BEAVER VALLEY. V. 195 In going up the valley from Bakers Bank to Rock Point,the west side of the river constantly presents steep, (in someplaces vertical) bluffs, the top rock of which is the Home-wood Sandstone. On the east side of the river the sideslopes are not so abrupt, but are still very steep. Thescenery of the valley is in some places quite picturesque ifnot grand. The views obtained from Rock Point, especi-ally in autumn when the forests first show their red andgolden tints, are extremely beautiful. The romantic olddam with its lake-like waters to the north, the ru
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