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May 21 - 1901
Left Washington at 7.00 O.M. for
Harrisburg to meet Mr. Crane for a
two week buggy trip through the Silurian
and Devonian rocks of Pa.
Just before arriving at Bridgeton which
is opposite the city of Harrisburg on the
North bank of the Susquehanna, large
deposits occur in the Ordovician. There
would be many thousand feet of limestone
here. This may be a good place to
study the eastern Ordovician. Other
way quarries are starting towards
Pittston.
Had lunch at Harrisburg and
started out with Crane by 12.30.
Passed over a very long bridge over the
Susquehanna and then along the
river to Oquannoc. At Marysville
in Rye Twp., Perry Co., the Oquandaja
is directly underlain by the highest beds
of the Hamilton. This then is some
indication of the old land barrier which
are here visible. It passes east.