The Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...Paul's church red slates show 600 feet across the outcrop. How thick I do not know as there was no dip. A quarter of a mile east the same outcrop shows with a dip of 60, S. 30 E. One and a half miles east of Hamburg the slates dip 50 south. 235. One mile east where the old railroad grading is, there are alternating beds of slate and sandstone dipping 52 S. 20 E. At the east end of Hamburg sandstone outcrops in the road. 236. One mile north of Hamburg alternating beds of slate and sandstone show, with a dip of 75 S. 10 E. The dip is not regular but increases and decreases. 237. One quarter of a mile below the lock-house the sandstone dips 10 east. Massive sandstone of IV. 238. 500 feet further up the river dark gray slates dip 50, S. 20 E. 200 feet shows underneath gray slate, slaty sandstone and thick bedded sandstones. 239. One mile east of Hamburg, slates dip 60 S. J of a mile further east fine grained olive sandstone, 15 feet thick, thin bedded, dips 80, S. 10 E. 21ft. South of the run red slates show. Outcrop 30 to 50 feet. Dip 50, S. 10 E. 21. One mile north of Windsor Castle slates dip 60 south. 2$. Half a mile north of Windsor Castle slates dip 35 south. 21$. One and a half miles east of Windsor Castle slates dip 60 south. Perry township. 2J4. A flagstone quarry, at the north-east corner of the township, worked by Jacob Derby. The stones make good flagging, and are taken out generally 2'X3'X3" in size. Some are 10 feet long. They are dark gray and come out regularly. The sandstones roll to the north and south and dip to the north-east 20. 21t5. Half a mile west slates dip 50 south. 500 feet south limestone outcrops. Crop shows for 30 feet. This outcrop shows west for three miles. Just west of the Zion church it is flat with rolls in it. % ....