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[S]econd Geolo[gical Survey of Pennsylvania ...?]

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57279949


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Title

[S]econd Geolo[gical Survey of Pennsylvania ...?]

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Pennsylvania
Parts

Names

Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (Publisher)
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 (Creator)
Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889 (Creator)
Sheafer, A. W. (Arthur Whitcomb), 1856-1943 (Creator)
Hill, Frank A. (Creator)
Winslow, Arthur (Creator)
Moyer, H. I. (Creator)
Hart, Lane S. (Printer)
Julius Bien & Co. (Lithographer)
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (Surveyor)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1882
Place: Harrisburg, Pa.
Publisher: Geological Survey of Pennsylvania

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5164

Subjects

Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County
Geology -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County
Coal mines and mining
Geology
Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County (Pa.)

Genres

Maps
Geological Cross-Sections

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: [J.P. Lesl]ey, State Geologist ; [Chas. A. Ashburner?, geologist in c]harge ; geological assistants, A.W. Sheafer, Frank A. Hill ; aids, Arthur Winslow, H.I. Moyer.
Date: "January 1882."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 61 x 75 cm

Abstract

Relief shown by spot heights. Covers the area between Tamaqua and Coaldale in eastern Schuylkill County, Pa. Shows coal mining area, mine tunnels, and railroads, contours relating to the coal basins, roads and populated places. Oriented with north to the upper right. In upper right margin: Volume 1 of southern coal field, mine sheet no. [?]. Description based on imperfect copy; parts lacking in title area and elsewhere along top of map. Includes notes and a geological section of Lansford Basin. "Constructed from the surveys of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company and the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania."

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 985124159
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20646202
Folder number: US204.1.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): caf68d00-326c-0135-5903-717a1fe1aab8

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1882

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "[S]econd Geolo[gical Survey of Pennsylvania ...?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caf68d00-326c-0135-5903-717a1fe1aab8

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1882). [S]econd Geolo[gical Survey of Pennsylvania ...?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caf68d00-326c-0135-5903-717a1fe1aab8

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "[S]econd Geolo[gical Survey of Pennsylvania ...?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caf68d00-326c-0135-5903-717a1fe1aab8

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