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Additional authors

1. Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903
2. Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889
3. Sheafer, A. W. (Arthur Whitcomb), 1856-1943
4. Hill, Frank (Frank A.)
5. Winslow, Arthur
6. Moyer, H. I.
7. Hart, Lane S.
8. Julius Bien & Co., lithographer
9. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, surveyor

Description

1. 1 map : color; 61 x 73 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US201.1.02

Subject

1. Anthracite coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- Carbon County -- Maps
2. Anthracite coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County -- Maps
3. Geology -- Pennsylvania -- Carbon County -- Charts, diagrams, etc
4. Geology -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County -- Charts, diagrams, etc
5. Anthracite coal mines and mining
6. Geology
7. Pennsylvania -- Carbon County
8. Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Geological cross-sections.
3. Charts, diagrams, etc.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5147

Note

1. Relief shown by contours.
2. Shows "area of workable coal beds," mine tunnels, mines and railroads.
3. Description based on imperfect copy; parts lacking in title area and elsewhere along top of map. Title based on description in NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division.
4. Includes notes and a geological section.
5. "Constructed from the surveys of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company and the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania."
6. "January 1882."

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: sections in top center margin (title area), top left and right margins, and top left and right of map are lacking.

Author

1. Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, creator, surveyor, publisher.

Title

1. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, anthracite district, C[arbon & Schuylkill counties?] / [J.P. Lesley, State Geologist ; Chas. A. Ashburner, geologist in charge?] ; geological assistants, A.W. Sheafer, Frank A. Hill ; aids, Arthur Winslow, H.I. Moyer.

Publisher

1. [Harrisburg, Pa.] : [Geological Survey of Pennsylvania], 1882.

Manufacturer

1. N.Y. : Julius Bien & Co., lith.
2. [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Lane S. Hart, state printer

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:9,600. 800 feet to 1 inch (W 75°54ʹ22ʺ--W 75°48ʹ33ʺ/N 40°51ʹ31ʺ--N 40°48ʹ49ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 396, column c, no. 7

Source

1. US201.1.02

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Added author

1. Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903.
2. Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889.
3. Sheafer, A. W. (Arthur Whitcomb), 1856-1943.
4. Hill, Frank (Frank A.)
5. Winslow, Arthur.
6. Moyer, H. I.
7. Hart, Lane S., printer.
8. Julius Bien & Co., lithographer.
9. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, surveyor.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5147