. Atlantic journal, and friend of knowledge [microform] : in eight numbers : containing about 160 original articles and tracts on natural and historical sciences, the description of about 150 new plants, and 100 new animals or fossils ; many vocabularies of languages, historical and geological facts, &c. &c. & Natural history; Indians; Sciences naturelles; Indiens. i Ml. \i It. .liMiMMJiQiiiiii 106 York to Virginia; between 1804 and 1832; but in November 1818,. re- turning from the Western States when vegetation was nearly gone, 1 attended particularly to their geolo gy^ crossin
. Atlantic journal, and friend of knowledge [microform] : in eight numbers : containing about 160 original articles and tracts on natural and historical sciences, the description of about 150 new plants, and 100 new animals or fossils ; many vocabularies of languages, historical and geological facts, &c. &c. & Natural history; Indians; Sciences naturelles; Indiens. i Ml. \i It. .liMiMMJiQiiiiii 106 York to Virginia; between 1804 and 1832; but in November 1818,. re- turning from the Western States when vegetation was nearly gone, 1 attended particularly to their geolo gy^ crossing them on foot to collect specimens for my friend Z. Collins. The result will be given in the form of a Journal, as written on the spot at the time. nth November 1818. From Pitts- burg to a tavern 24 miles E. coun- try rolling. Sandstone perfectly flat, supporting in many places Bitumite and Slate: many Coal mines opened on the sides of the hills; some fossil remains in the strata. 12th. To Whitestone tavern 18 miles. Near Greensburg 32 miles from Pittsburg, the Sandstone strata cease to be perfectly horizontal, and begin to dip a little to the W. or rise to the h. 13th. To Tiaughlin 15 miles. At YouDgstown 48 miles from Pitts burg, begin the Alleghany Moun- tains, the first range is called Chcs- nut Ridge, they are not high, only 500 to 600 feet. First ridge one . mile broad to the Loyalhanah Yal ley, running through the hills. Strata of Sandstone very thick, slightly dipping W. Huge cubical Sandstone rocKS on the sides and bottom of the valley, disrupted from the strata. Iron ores and mines in the hills. Coal in many parts, on Coalpit run, &c. Near Laughlin at the foot of the Laurel Hills, conical knobs or round hilU with horizontal strata. Coal and Iron. 14th. To Quenehan Creek 10 m. The Laurel Hills are the second ridge of the Alleghany, beginning 57 miles from Pittsburg. Higher tiian the Chesnut Hills, about 800 to 1000 feet. Their structure is very differ- ent. They a
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