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| Full Text: | 42 LEHIGH COUNTY LESLEY, J. P. A Dictionary of the Fossils of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Second Geol. Survey, Report P4, 3 vols.,. 1283 pp., Harrisburg, 1889. Figures and describes fossils found in Pennsylvania. Scolithus linearis (pp. 944 945) and Maclurea magna (pp. 369-370) are described from Lehigh County. MERRILL, GEORGE P. Among the Pennsylvania Slate Quarries. Sci. Am. Suppl., vol. 27, no. 681, p. 10874, New York, 1889. Describes some of the slate quarries especially those of Slatington, quarrying methods, character of slate, etc. WRIGHT, G. FREDERICK. The Ice Age in North America. First edition, 622 pp., New York, 1889. Fifth edition, 763 pp., Oberlin, 1911. In several places refers to glacial phenomena in Lehigh County, especially at the Lehigh Gap. 1890 ANONYMOUS. Friedensville Zinc Mines. Eng. and Min. Jour., vol. 50, p. 581, New York, 1890. The zinc mines at Friedensville are being actively worked (Nov. 5, 1890). The large pump, the "President" is again pumping after several years idleness. It has nearly drained the mine since the latter part of September. Mining to start when the mine is dry. 1891 DAVIS, WILLIAM MORRIS. The Geological Dates of Origin of Certain Topographic Forms on the Atlantic Slope of the United States. Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol. 2, pp. 545-586, Rochester, 1891. In several places refers to the development of the peneplains of eastern Pennsylvania. Describes particularly the Cretaceous peneplain now preserved on the top of Blue Mountain, as well as the water gaps and wind gaps that cut through this ridge. KIMBALL, JAMES P. Genesis of Iron Ores by Isomorphous and Pseudomorphous Replacement of Limestone, etc. Am. Geologist, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 352-376. Minneapolis, 1891. Observation by Prime at Balliets' ore bank near Allentown. Notes alteration of limestone to iron carbonate particle by particle, or, "a pseudomorph by replacement." 1892 ANONYMOUS. Pleasant Places on the Reading Railroad. A Directory of Summer Resorts, Hotels, Boarding Houses on the Reading Railroad System. 64 pp., 1892. Describes advantages and accommodations for summer tourists in Coopersburg and Centre Valley. DAVIS, WILLIAM MORRIS. On the drainage of the Pennsylvania Appalachians. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Proc., vol. 25, pp. 418-420, Boston, 1892. Believes that "the present courses of the streams have a very specialized relation to the structures that they flow over" but that some may be antecedent and not consequent streams. LESLEY, J. P., D'INVILLIERS, E. V., SMITH, A. D. W., and LYMAN, B. S. A Summa Description of the Geology of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Second Geol. Survey, Summary Final Report. 3 vols., 2638 pp., with atlas of maps, Harrisburg, 1892-1895. A general summary of information obtained during the progress of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Many references to Lehigh County, especially the following: Archean (pp. 74-75), South Mountain (p. 144), iron mines (pp. 231 235, 254-255, 341-350, 430), Great Valley (pp. 270-286), limestones (pp. 301-308), cement (pp. 337-340), zinc mine (pp. 436-443), slate (pp. 574-587, 604-609), Lehigh water gap (pp. 633-636, 674-675), argument against erosion interval at top of slate (Martinsburg) (pp. 710-711), no metallic wealth in North (Blue) |
| Collection: | Pennsylvania Geological Survey |
| Series: | Fourth Series, Bulletin C 39 |
| Book: | Lehigh County Pennsylvania Geology & Geography |
| Imprint: | Harrisburg, Pa.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, Topographic and Geologic Survey, 1941. |
| Section: | Development of knowledge of the geography and geology, Bibliography and cartography |
| Author: | Benjamin L. Miller |
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| Project Source: | Lehigh University Digital Library Projects |
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