Grand atlas. Division II, Anthracite coal fields, Part 2 [cartographic material] : contains twenty two sheets relating to portions of the Northern and Eastern Middle Fields in Luzerne County / Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, J.P. Lesley, State Geologist ; Charles A. Ashburner, geologist in charge

Corporate Author:: Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
Additional Titles:: Anthracite coal fields, Part 2 : contains twenty two sheets relating to portions of the Northern and Eastern Middle Fields in Luzerne County
Grand atlas, anthracite coal fields
Variant title: Grand atlas : [of Pennsylvania]
At head of title: Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
Published:: Harrisburg : Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, 1885.
Physical Description:: 1 atlas (22 plates) : maps and ills. (some color) ; on sheets 82 x 69 cm and 69 x 82 cm
Additional Creators:: Ashburner, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1854-1889

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Sheet 1. General map of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania (also issued as Plate VI of the Report of Progress, Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania) -- Sheets 2-9. Northern Coal Field mine sheet (noted as "Northern Field" and "Eastern Middle Field" on t.p. verso table of contents; also issued as Plates 1-8 of Atlas AA, vol. 1, part 1, Report of Progress) -- Sheets 10-12. Northern Coal Field cross section sheet (noted as "Northern Field" under "Cross Section Sheets" on t.p. verso table of contents; also issued as Plates 9-11 of Atlas AA, vol. 1, part 1, Report of Progress) -- Sheets 13-15. General sections across those portions of the Lehigh Coal Basins embraced on Drifton (No. I) and Hazleton (No. II) mine sheets (noted as "Eastern Middle Field" under "Cross Section Sheets" on t.p. verso table of contents; also issued as Plate 3 of Atlas AA, vol. 2, part 1, Report of Progress) -- Sheets 16-22. Columnar sections of the coal measures in the vicinity of Wilkes Barre and Plains, Luzerne County, constructed from measurements obtainded from the companies named in the individual titles and from those made by the Second Geological Survey (noted as "Northern Field" and "Eastern Middle Field" under "Columnar Section Sheets" on t.p. verso table of contents; also issued as Plates 10-13 of Atlas AA, vol. 1, part 1 and Plates 6-8 of Atlas AA, vol. 2, part 1, Report of Progress).

Subject(s):

Anthracite coal—Pennsylvania—Luzerne County—Maps
Geology—Pennsylvania—Luzerne County—Maps
Mines and mineral resources—Pennsylvania—Luzerne County—Maps

Cartographic Mathematical Data:

Scales differ (W 76°30ʹ--W 75°30ʹ/N 41°45ʹ--N 41°00ʹ).

Note:

Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Title from title sheet.
Sheets individually numbered, some sheets include information about the map or item number as found in the individual "Reports of Progress" volumes of the Second Geological Survey.
Series includes cross-section sheets, mine sheets, and columnar sections.
Some sheets include cross-sections and text; General map [sheet 1] includes the table "Statistics, anthracite region for 1882 and 1883, list of working mines with their total production in tons."
"Lane S. Hart, State Printer."
"Julius Bien & Co., Lith."
Title sheet includes location map of the anthracite coal regions in Pennsylvania.
Title sheet verso includes list of the "Divisions of the Grand Atlas," notes, and tables of content divided by "Mine Sheets," "Cross Section Sheets," and "Columnar Section Sheets."
Northern Coal Field mine sheets oriented with north to the upper right.
Sheet III of the Northern Coal Field mine sheets includes "Skeleton map of the Wyoming Valley between Shickshinny and Wilkes Barre."

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