Author: Taylor, R. C.
Title: Two reports: on the coal lands, mines and improvements of the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company, and of the geological examinations, present condition and prospects of the Stony Creek Coal Estate in the townships of Jackson, Rush, and Middle Paxtang, in the County of Dauphin, and of East Hanover Township, in the County of Lebanon, Pennsylvania with an appendix , containing numerous tables and statiscical; information, and various maps, sections and diagrams, chiefly in illustration of coal and iron. Addressed to the board of directors of the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company, and to the trustees of the Stony Creek Coal Estate. [AND] Report of the geological examinations, the present condition and prospects of the Stony Creek Coal Estate in the townships of Jackson, Rush, and Middle Paxtang, in the County of Dauphin, and of East Hanover Township, in the County of Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Description: Philadelphia, PA, Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company, 1840. Two papers in one. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). 113, 74 pp.; two large (one very large) coloured geological maps, two folded sheets with coloured profiles. Later half calf over blue boards. Spine with four raised bands and gilt title. = A very detailed report by the American geographer and geologist Richard Cowling Taylor (1789-1851) with many tables, and descriptions of ore samples, but also with notes on the geology and geography. The maps are very good; one is surprisingly large. Some of its folds are split, but otherwise the maps are fine, the whole book is clean, unmarked, and well-bound. A very good copy. Ward and Carozzi, 2152.

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