Excerpt from Geological Report of Lands Belonging to the Ridgway Company, in Elk County, Pennsylvania The tract of land in question comprises some twenty seven thousand acres, and is eligibly situated, having a temperate climate, and being perfectly healthy. The latitude of the Village of Saint Mary's is 41� 25' North, and its longitude is 1� 40' West of the City of Washington. Its elevation above the Sea is about feet, as near as can be estimated from the range of the barometer. It is about one hundred miles East of ...
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Excerpt from Geological Report of Lands Belonging to the Ridgway Company, in Elk County, Pennsylvania The tract of land in question comprises some twenty seven thousand acres, and is eligibly situated, having a temperate climate, and being perfectly healthy. The latitude of the Village of Saint Mary's is 41� 25' North, and its longitude is 1� 40' West of the City of Washington. Its elevation above the Sea is about feet, as near as can be estimated from the range of the barometer. It is about one hundred miles East of Lake Erie, and the tract of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad to the City of Erie, is about one hundred and ten miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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