Geological Survey of Pennsylvania; Final Report Ordered by Legislature, 1891. a Summary Description of the Geology of Pennsylvania Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...pressure-crumpling. The belt is here ' nearly at its widest, and the quarry is not far from the edge of the slate belt in me north of it. Consequently the purer beds of the upper or Trenton division (II c) of the great formation are here quarried. cent. carb. lime.--Light and Houser s, small, new in 1886.--Messner s, old, abandoned. Ifaufman dt Co. s two quarries; one on RR. 250 from creek; beds 1 to 1%, very regular and uniform, 25 _to 30, S. 10 W.--The other S. of it, 150 wide, 20 deep; stone finely laminated, dips 20, S. 40 E. (sometimes swinging to S. W.); beds not massive, nor thick, and more gray than the other Annville stone; output of both quarries 3000 to 4000 tons per month to Sheridan and Reading furnaces. Brightbill & S'on s two very large quarries on RR. 1% m. W. of Annville; one 500' long; 50 of rock exposed; excellent, fine-grained, soft, brittle, blue-gray, thin beds, wavy on W. side, regular (on E. side) dip 60-70, S. 40 E. Crush in S. face. Kreider s quarry just west of last; 5 kilns, output 5500 bush. per month shipped to Powers & Weightman s chemical works in Philadelphia, and to Pa. Salt Co. Always in high repute for chemical and other special uses, and flux; 100 bush. lime from 6-tons stone and 1700 lbs. coal (best record); output of flux stone 1000 tons per month, at 31 c. per ton on car. Quarry 250 x175'; 10 to 30 deep; dip, 12 to 45, S. E. Batdorf &: Beaver s, next west in the line; 300 long, irregular shape, 40 to 50 face in places; inexhaustible quantity of first-class limestone; output 2300 tons per month; best stone from center of quarry; blue, soft, 250 ...