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Page 7 - ... mountains. A marked feature of this district is the high, narrow and long ridge which is near its northwestern border, and which is known in New Jersey as the Blue Mountain, in New York as the Shawangunk Mountain, and in Pennsylvania as the Kittatinny Mountain. The divisions of the Silurian are the Potsdam Sandstone, including the Green Pond Mountain Conglomerate, which is the oldest; and then, in order, the Magnesian Limestone, the Trenton Limestone, the Hudson River Slates, the Oneida Conglomerate,...
Page 120 - The water rises to within 21 feet of the surface. It has been tried for water, but is not yet in regular use. The quality of the water is good, being clear and cool. With the pump considerably above the surface of the water, it has yielded 200 gallons a minute, and is expected to yield more than twice that when the pump is properly set near the surface of the water.
Page 112 - In the neighborhood of the marls where it costs but little more than the cartage, a great deal is used which is much poorer than this, but there is no trouble in finding millions of tons of this quality. It is used in larger...
Page 120 - Sous is at their brewery, on Freeman street, Newark, and not far from the well just mentioned, though the' ground is perhaps 10 feet higher. It is an 8-inch bore, and is tubed through 90 feet of earth and 10 feet into the rock; the remaining 350 feet is without tube, being all in red sandstone. The water rises to within 21 feet of the surface.
Page 7 - Archaean of Dana, and the Laurentian of Canada. They are the oldest of the geological series, and are made up of granitic, gneissic, and other crystalline rocks, and contain no fossils. They are the material composing the mountain ranges which extend across the northwestern part of the State, and are known by the names of Ramapo, Warwick, Hamburg, Pochuck, Schooley's, Mine, Musconetcong, Scott's, and other mountains.
Page 8 - TRIASSIC FORMATIONS. This formation includes the Red Sandstone of the State. It is characterized by its red color, and its surface is marked by many abrupt mountain ridges of trap rock. It occupies the belt of country next southeast of the Azoic region. It is about 20 miles wide, and extends entirely across from the Hudson to the Delaware. Its area is 1,543 square miles. The rock contains many beds of excellent free stone, which is extensively quarried. The soil, though not rich, is generously responsive...
Page 114 - ... further change. It has then no fertilizing value, but when dug and exposed to sun, air, moisture and to frost, it soon begins to change and decay. Its change can be hastened by the addition of lime, lime and salt, or barnyard manure. It is then in good condition to apply to soil. Its office appears to be to improve the texture of the soil, to increase its power of absorbing moisture from the air, to furnish a solvent for the mineral substance in the soil and in mineral fertilizers, and to become...
Page 8 - ... used. TERTIARY FORMATIONS. — The southern portion of the State is mainly occupied by these formations. They consist of beds of sand and clay, and the surface is covered with a thin soil, which is not naturally very productive. Some of the clays contain shells enough to be designated as marls; and extensive beds of the purest of white sand, for glass-makers
Page 126 - Union, a boring 7 inches in diameter was carried down in 1877 and 1878, through trap, to a depth of 297 feet from the surface, water being found in quantity, increasing with the progress of the work. The well is pumped from the bottom, and yields 250 barrels per day of very pure, soft water, of a temperature of 51° Fah. When not pumped it discharges a much smaller quantity, at a level of 161 feet above tide, into the bottom of an excavated well, 28 feet under ground and 12 feet below the surface...