 | Josiah Gregg - 1844 - 342 էջ
...to double its ' breaks.' These I have more especially observed high on the borders of the Canadian. The geological constitution of the Prairies is exceedingly...the mountains the base of the plains seems generally PLASTER OF PARIS. 185 to be of trap and greenstone. From the waters of Red River to the southwest corner... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - 1845 - 342 էջ
...to double its ' breaks.' These I have more especially observed high on the borders of the Canadian. The geological constitution of the Prairies is exceedingly...the mountains the base of the plains seems generally PLASTER OF PARIS. 185 to be of trap and greenstone. From the waters of Red River to the southwest comer... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - 1848 - 950 էջ
...Owen's Indiana Reports ; and Mather's Kentucky Report. II Long's first Expedition, Vol. II. p. 408. 1806, and by Mr. Nuttall in 1819, is the evident prolongation...exhibits no rocky traces whatever, so much so that " we sometimes travel for days in succession without seeing even as much as a pebble."t Towards the... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - 1848 - 928 էջ
...bituminous coal. The coal is particularly abundant in some of the regions bordering the Neosho river, \vhere there are also said to be a few singular bituminous...exhibits no rocky traces whatever, so much so that "we sometimes travel for days in succession without seeing even as much as a pebble."t Towards the... | |
 | Carl Ferdinand von Roemer - 1849 - 494 էջ
...184.) bemerft bei ®elegenljett ber 93efd)reibung bet Sobeneet^altniflie jener großen 5$raU rien: „Further westward the sandstone prevails; but some of the table plains are based upon strata of friable calcareous rock which has been denominated rotten limestone." ¡Die leÇtere ОЗепепг... | |
 | R. C. TAYLOR - 1855 - 642 էջ
...great plain composed of red saliferous sandstones with gypsum ; and beyond that, towards Taos ftnd Santa Fe, the mountainous range contains a bituminous...plains seems generally to be of trap and greenstone. J But much of the middle portion of this enormous prairie region exhibits no rocky traces whatever,... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - 1856 - 664 էջ
...to double its ' breaks.' These I have more especially observed high on the borders of the Canadian. The geological constitution of the Prairies is exceedingly...plains seems generally to be of trap and greenstone. From the waters of Red River to the southwest corner of Missouri, throughout the range of the Ozark... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 380 էջ
...to double its 'breaks.' These I have more especially observed high on the borders of the Canadian. The geological constitution of the Prairies is exceedingly...the mountains the base of the plains seems generally [185] to be of trap and greenstone. From the waters of Red River to the southwest corner of Missouri,... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - 1954 - 526 էջ
...bordering the Neosho river; where there are also said to be a few singular bituminous or 'tar springs,'4 as they are sometimes called by the hunters. There...plains seems generally to be of trap and greenstone. From the waters of Red River to the southwest corner of Missouri, throughout the range of the Ozark... | |
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The geological constitution of the Prairies is exceedingly diversified. Along the eastern border, especially towards the north, there is an abundance of limestone, interspersed with sandstone, slate, and many extensive beds of bituminous coal. The coal... 