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Title: Allegany County
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Maryland Geological Survey Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916 O'Harra, Cleophas C. (Cleophas Cisney), 1866-1935 Clark, William B Dorsey, Clarence W Fassig, Oliver L. (Oliver Lanard), 1860-1936 Newell, Frederick Haynes, 1862-1932 Bauer, L. A. (Louis Agricola), 1865-1932 Sudworth, George B Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 Preble, Edward A. (Edward Alexander), 1871-1957
Subjects: Geology Mines and mineral resources Physical geography Forests and forestry
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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d. Duiing the next few years little original investigation was carriedon in the county, but this period marks the time of much of thevaluable work done by the illustrious brothers, AV. B. Rogers, Direc-tor of the Geological Survey of Virginia, and H. D. Rogers, StateGeologist of Pennsylvania, who published many reports giving valu-able information concerning tlie geology of their respective states,much of which information was extremely helpful in interpreting thegeology of Allegany county. In 1852 reports were published by the Phoenix Alining and Manu-facturing Company which included a topography of the mineralregions by Professor Forrest Sheppard and a report on the topog-raphy and sti-ucture of the coal-field by Professor C. U. Shepard (33). Two years later, 1854, George W. Hughes, President and Engineerof the Hampshire Coal and Iron Company, published a report dealingespecially -n-ith the lands controlled by his company f34). MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ALLEGANY COUNTY, PLATE VIII
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1 s MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 65 In 1855, Robert G. Rankin published a report on the economicvahie of the semi-bituminons coal of the Cumberland basin (36).This is an excellent paper in which the author gives a description ofthe basin, analyses, use and origin of the coal and the facilities fortransportation. In 1S59 a great advance was niiulc in the histoiical study of therocks. Professor James Hall, State Geologist of New York, whowas so exhaustively studying the Paleozoic fossils of his own state,made also from time to time large collections from sevei-al of the statesto the west and south. In September, 1856, he visited Cumberland,made some geological examinations and studied the extensive collec-tion of IMr. Andrews. Later Professor Hall purchased Mr. Andrewscollection and continued his studies upon it. Three years after hisvisit volume 3 of the Paleontology of the State of ISTew York waspublished. In this volume sixty-three species are described fromCumberland and vicinity, man

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