. Off-hand sketches : a companion for the tourist and traveller over the Philadelphia, Pottsville, and Reading railroad . FIG. 41. cially in that of coal, where the basins are generally more or lessdisturbed—as, from the very nature of the deposit, they must be—the dip and strike of the strata are matters of great practical Richardson, in his geological work, supposes a case, where aland-owner, aware that coal exists on an adjacent estate, is desirous. of ascertaining whether it may also be found on his own, and whetheran attempt to discover it might be instituted with probabiliti
. Off-hand sketches : a companion for the tourist and traveller over the Philadelphia, Pottsville, and Reading railroad . FIG. 41. cially in that of coal, where the basins are generally more or lessdisturbed—as, from the very nature of the deposit, they must be—the dip and strike of the strata are matters of great practical Richardson, in his geological work, supposes a case, where aland-owner, aware that coal exists on an adjacent estate, is desirous. of ascertaining whether it may also be found on his own, and whetheran attempt to discover it might be instituted with probabilities ofsuccess. In this case, the dip is almost the sole reliance. If thedip of the strata in the vicinity be towards the land where the trialis to be made, it is highly probable that the coal may be found under
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