Research Catalog

Title

A series of columnar sections constructed from surface observations and the records of eleven oil wells situated between Bradford in McKean County and Ridgway in Elk County showing the relation of the lower caboniferous coal beds to the Bradford oil producing sand and the thickening of the sub conglomerate rocks / J.P. Lesley, state geologist, Chas. A. Ashburner, asst. geologist, A.W. Sheafer, aid.

Author

Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, creator, publisher.

Publication

• [Harrisburg, Pa.] : [Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey], 1879.
• New York : Julius Bien, lith.
• [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Lane S. Hart, state printer

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903.
• Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889.
• Sheafer, A. W. (Arthur Whitcomb), 1856-1943.
• Hart, Lane S.
• Bien, Julius, 1826-1909

Description

12 sections on 1 sheet : color; sheet 77 x 80 cm

Series Statement

Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, report of progress ; R

Uniform Title

Report of progress (Geological Survey of Pennsylvania) ; report R, plate no. 11.

Alternative Title

• Relation of the lower carboniferous coal beds to the Bradford oil producing sand and the thickening of the sub conglomerate rocks
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US198.3.05

Subjects

• Stratigraphic correlation > Pennsylvania > Elk County > Charts, diagrams, etc
• Geological cross-sections
• Oil wells > Pennsylvania > McKean County > Charts, diagrams, etc
• Oil wells > Pennsylvania > Elk County > Charts, diagrams, etc
• Stratigraphic correlation > Pennsylvania > McKean County > Charts, diagrams, etc

Genre/Form

Geological cross-sections.

Note

• Relief shown by spot heights.
• At head of title: Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, report of progress R. 1879.
• "Caboniferous" in title should be "carboniferous."
• "Vertical scale of sections, 100 feet to 1 inch. Note: The horizontal scale between the centers of the sections is 1 1/2 miles to 1 inch."
• In upper right margin: Report R, plate no. XI.
• Includes notes, table of "Geographical position of oil wells," and "Skeleton map showing the location of the oil wells."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division,

Linking Entry (note)

• From The geology of McKean County and its connection with that of Cameron, Elk and Forest counties / by Chas. A. Ashburner. (Report of progress / Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania ; R)

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5130

OCLC

• 967348751
• 967348751

Author

Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, creator, publisher.

Title

A series of columnar sections constructed from surface observations and the records of eleven oil wells situated between Bradford in McKean County and Ridgway in Elk County showing the relation of the lower caboniferous coal beds to the Bradford oil producing sand and the thickening of the sub conglomerate rocks / J.P. Lesley, state geologist, Chas. A. Ashburner, asst. geologist, A.W. Sheafer, aid.

Publisher

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : [Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey], 1879.

Manufacturer

New York : Julius Bien, lith.

[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Lane S. Hart, state printer

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:95,040. Vertical scale 1:1,200 (W 78°57ʹ21ʺ--W 78°12ʹ12ʺ/N 42°06ʹ10ʺ--N 41°23ʹ45ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Series

Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, report of progress ; R

Report of progress (Geological Survey of Pennsylvania) ; report R, plate no. 11.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 638, column c, no. 1

Linking Entry

From The geology of McKean County and its connection with that of Cameron, Elk and Forest counties / by Chas. A. Ashburner. (Report of progress / Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania ; R)

Source

US198.3.05

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Added Author

Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903.

Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889.

Sheafer, A. W. (Arthur Whitcomb), 1856-1943.

Hart, Lane S., printer.

Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, lithographer.

Added Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US198.3.05

Related To

Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889. Geology of McKean County and its connection with that of Cameron, Elk and Forest counties (OCoLC)318441681

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5130 [Filed with Pa., part of, 1879]

Map Div. 17-5130