THE MASONTOWN AND UNIONTOWN QUADRANGLES By Marius R. Campbell. GEOGRAPHY. [Latitude 39° 53' 15.11". Longitude 79° 38' 38.67".] WYMP, MONONGALIA COUNTY, W. VA. PROSPECT, FAYETTE COUNTY. On high summit 1 mile southwest of Wymp Gap, in About If miles southeast of Eedstone and 7 miles To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. LOCATION OF THE QUADRANGLES. Chestnut Eidge, about 9 miles air-line distance north­ northeast'of Brownsville, on a flat, bald hill having a east of Morgantown, "W". Va., and 16 miles south of large apple tree on summit. The land is owned by the a 1 ll Meters. heirs of Thomas Murphy and is occupied by J. C. Murphy, By reference to the key map on the cover of 97 12 12 7 277 03 28.5 4.2915497 Uniontown, Pa. of Eedstone. the folio, it will be seen that the Masontown and Work...... ....... 170 44 31.3 850 43 35.0 4.1119491 Station mark: A stone post 36 by 12 by 12 inches, set Station mark: A stone post 40 by 8 by 8 inches, set Union town quadrangles are adjacent and are flush with surface of ground, in the center of top of which is cemented a copper bolt. 36 inches in the ground, in the center of top of which located in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. KEENER, FAYETTE COUNTY. is cemented a bronze tablet marked a U. S. Geological [Latitude 39° 42' 57.71". Longitude 79° 45' 40.28".] They extend from latitude 39° 45' on the south to About 8 miles west of Uniontown, 1| miles north of Survey Pennsylvania." 40° on the north, and from longitude 79° 30' on the McClellandtown, and 23.3 feet west of a lone locust tree To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. [Latitude 40° 03' 15.98". Longitude 79° 47' 19.34".] east to 80° on the west. Each includes one-six­ on a bare knob owned by Ben Keener, who lives 300 yards south of station. To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. teenth of a square degree of the earth's surface, 0 / /' Meters. and they cover an aggregate area of 458 square Station mark: A stone post 40 by 8 by 8 inches, set St. Glair .... ...... 78 48 54.2 258 42 43.2 A. 14.Q4-31Q 36 inches in the ground, in the center of top of which is Morley 94 13 55.6 274 03 51.4 4.3536430 0 / // 0 / // Meters. miles. Keener :........... 23 38 12.3 203 35 01.7 4.2448965 cemented a bronze tablet marked "IT. S. Geological Pondfield.......... 214 23 09.0 34 25 25.3 3.9532404 The quadrangles lie entirely within the State of 74 26 58.4 254 22 24 1 4.0209121 Survey Pennsylvania." Mellon............. 261 57 14.8 82 07 39.3 4.8709214 Pennsylvania, their southern boundary extending Eeference mark: A stone post 36 by 12 by 12 inches, to within 2 miles of the West Virginia Areaand set 34 inches in the ground, in the center of top of WORK, FAYETTE COUNTY. ST. CLAIB, MONONGALIA COUNTY, W. VA. which is cemented an aluminum bolt; azimuth from line. The major portion of the terri- ^vision's On land owned by John Work, about 5 miles west of tory belongs to Fayette County, but station, 275° 27' j distance, 20 feet. In a pasture on a bald hill owned by Mr. E. H. St. Glair, about 4 miles northeast of Morgantown and 1J Connellsville and 9 miles north of Uniontown. A row [Latitude 39° 54' 33.86". Longitude 79° 52' 16.00".] the Masontown quadrangle extends west across miles south of Stewartstown. of locust trees crosses top of hill along a north-south Monongahela River and includes a part of Greene Station mark: A bronze tablet countersunk and fence. County and the extreme southeast corner of Wash­ To station- Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. cemented in a dressed stone 42 by 12 by 12 inches, set Station mark: A stone post 36 by 8 by 8 inches, set ington County. The quadrangles are named from flush with surface of ground. 30 inches in the ground, in the center of top of which a 1 il Meters. is cemented a bronze tablet marked "TJ. S. Geological the most important ,towns within their boundaries. Fast ............... 10 45 03.1 190 44 15.0 3.9804006 [Latitude 39° 41' 28.58". Longitude 70° 55' 21.04".] Survey Pennsylvania." T^n v\f A"\r 51 08 33.2 231 04 02.8 4 10Q7QR4. Eeference mark: A nail driven at foot of locust tree TRIAlSTGULATIOlSr POINTS. 93 07 26.3 273 01 04.2 4.1512351 To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. 25! feet distant, magnetic bearing of which is N. 30° E. 166 57 58.6 346 56 35.3 4. 1346 i 30 [Latitude 40° 00'09.20". Longitude. 79° 40'06.44".] The exact location of these quadrangles with "Pv/~* c Y~\ A f* "t" 203 35 01.7 23 38 12.3 4. 244R8fif! a 1 n Meters. reference to latitude and longitude is determined Work. .... ........ 239 05 15.9 59 13 04.4 4.3047205 Morley ............ 116 48 34.2 296 44 41.3 3.9880410 To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. from certain points the position of which has been 277 03 28.5 97 12 12.7 4.2915497 TP n i*li" c*~\r 160 46 31.0 340 43 59.6 A OQO7Q/lft Fast ............... 190 00 37.0 10 01 47.4 4. 1777734. ascertained accurately by triangulation. The 0 / /' Meters. survey of the two quadrangles is controlled by FAST, FAYETTE COUNTY. Wymp,... ......... 258 42 43.2 78 48 54.2 4. 14.Q4.R1Q * TTpp-npt" 59 13 04.4 239 05 15.9 4.3047205 98 17 22.0 278 08 09.5 4 3136372 five triangulation stations located within their About 2 miles southeast of Masontown, on road to . MORLEY, GREENE COUNTY. 350 43 35.0 170 44 31 3 4.1119491 boundaries and eight other stations situated in Smithfield, 8 feet north of an east-west fence on land close proximity thereto. For the convenience of owned by Mr. Fast, who lives about 300 yards south of On a flat, bald ridge owned by D. W. Morley, 1 mile engineers the following descriptions of these sta­ station. southeast of Bald Hill and one-half mile north of Penn­ PHYSIOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC RELATIONS. Station mark: A stone post 36 by 10 by 10 inches, sylvania-West Virginia line. There are few trees under tions are given, together with the triangulation set 36 inches in the ground, in the center of top of which brow of hill on east side. In their physiographic and geologic relations data from which their positions have been deter­ is cemented a bronze tablet marked "U. S. Geological Station mark: A stone post 42 by 12 by 12 inches, set these quadrangles form a part of the Appalachian mined: Survey Pennsylvania." flush with surface of ground, in the center of top of which province, which extends from the Atlantic Coastal is cemented a copper bolt. PROSPECT [Latitude 39° 49' 29.36". Longitude 79° 53' 30.97".] Plain on the east to the Mississippi lowlands on [Latitude 39° 43' 50.65". Longitude 80° 01' 25.65".] the west, and from central Alabama to Canada. To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. To station Azimuth. Back azimuth. Log. distance. THE APPALACHIAN PROVINCE. Meters. With respect to the topography and the atti­ St. Glair ........... 10 01 47.4 190^00 37.0 4.1777734 o / - /; 0 1 II Meters. M^orlev 47 17 02 2 227 11 58.5 4.1871165 T^iTplrpv 194 30 55.5 14 32 17.4 4.0842057 tude of the rocks, the Appalachian province may Tm'Trpv 99 01 56.6 278 58 14.5 3.9215699 Fast ............... 227 11 58.5 47 17 02 2 4.1871165 be divided into two nearly equal parts by a line 129 24 42 4 309 19 08.7 4.2041975 Wymp.. ........... 274 03 51.4 94 13 55.6 4.3536192 which follows the Allegheny Front throughout K^eener 1 Qft /I A 1 ^ 0 10 45 03.1 3.9804006 St. Glair........... 296 44 41.3 116 48 34.2 3.9880410 Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia and the eastern escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau TURKEY, GREENE COUNTY. JEFFERSON, GREENE COUNTY. across Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. About 1 mile north of Sigsbee and 4 miles south of About 1 mile southeast of Jefferson, on a high, bald East of this line the rocks are greatly disturbed knob owned by Lawrence Kraft. Carmichaels, on Turkey Knob, in a cultivated field by faults and folds and in many places they are owned by Leroy Hartley. Station mark: A stone post 36 by 8 by 8 inches, Station mark: A stone post 42 by 10 by 10 inches, set set 36 inches in the ground, in the center of which is so metamorphosed that the determina­ flush with surface of ground, in the center of top of which cemented a bronze tablet marked "U. S. Geological tion of their original character is diffi- is cemented a bronze tablet marked "U. S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania.'' cult. West of the line the rocks are FIG. 1. Diagram showing triangulation stations upon which ,. 111 T irt i raphy which the survey of the quadrangles is based. Survey Pennsylvania.' ? [Latitude 39° 54' 58 46". Longitude 80° 02' 11.35".] less disturbed ); theyJ lie nearlyJ flat,> and subdivisions.distinguish [Latitude 39° 50' 11.72".