Field notes from Maine and New York, 1889
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June-4-89. In morning continued searching the shores of Ottean Pond. All the ledges seen are granites. About noon returned to Jackmantown. In afternoon went with guide along the line of the C. P. R. R. East- of Jackmantown. Found a ledge of blue slate 4 miles below Jackmantown dip 45° N - unfossiliferous June-5-89- At 9.30 Am, started down Moose River. In morning it began to rain hard and continued all day. As I was not feeling well we pitched camp about 3 m below Jackman- town, and we spent the night there, 1060 A June-6-89- Long Pond ¹⁰⁶⁰ Δ1060-A- at northwest end of Long Pond are three ledges of slate forming islands in the lake. No 1 is nearest the inlet and to the Northeast of it. The rock is a dark fissile slate about 50 ft thick The dip is 55° N 20 W. Unfossiliferous No 2 About 100-300 N.E. of No 1 - same rock - same dip- thickness 10 ft. No 3 - about 300 yds north of no 1 same rock - etc. thickness 25 ft