1905 USGS Geologic Atlas Rural Valley Pennsylvania Folio Oil & Gas Wells Coal

Description: Geologic Atlas of the United States Rural Valley, Pennsylvania Folio No. 125 by Charles Butts, United States Geological Survey; Charles D. Walcott, Director. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905 First edition. Folio, library edition. 11 pp. plus 3 color lithograph maps (topographic, areal geology, and structure/economic geology), 1 sheet of columnar sections, 2 sheets of well and coal sections, and illustrations sheet. In original tan heavy paper wraps with original black cloth binding strip. Size: 18.5 x 21.75 inches. Map scale: 1 to 62,500. An early atlas of this mineral-rich west-central region of Pennsylvania area focusing on oil, gas and coal resources. Old folio topographic and geologic maps form an important historical record of the physical and cultural features of the country as they existed and were named (and, in the case of geology, interpreted) over 100 years ago. These maps with accompanying explanatory text are among the earliest of the area surveyed by the USGS and often show a simpler, less well developed and sometimes surprising landscape than is familiar today. These old folios are long out of print and can make wonderful research or conversation pieces. Given the relative rarity of separately published early USGS topographic and geologic maps in the marketplace, the folio series generally offers the best source of maps available to the public for those fortunate enough to have a connection with the surveyed areas. Condition: Complete. Wrappers are lightly toned but generally clean with the folio number “125” written in pencil at the lower left corner. Interior text and map sheets are clean and unmarked. Overall, condition is very good. Content: The Rural Valley Quadrangle covers parts of Armstrong and Clarion Counties in Pennsylvania. The topo sheet shows the surface physical (hills, rivers, lakes, etc.) and cultural features (buildings, ranches, farms, roads, railroads, towns, localities, ferries, etc.) within about a 226 square mile area. Some of the named places shown in the map include: Towns: Rural Valley, Yatesboro, Echo, Mosgrove, Atwood, Templeton, Mahoning, Lawsonham, Mc Williams, Putneyville, and smaller localities, plus many individual buildings. Railroads: Pennsylvania; Rochester and Pittsburg; Rural Valley RR. The geologic map is attractively colored with multiple colors, patterns, shadings, tints, and/or hues used to illustrate the local geologic formations. Among other resources, the economic geology map shows the location of coal-bearing beds and numerous individual oil and gas wells. In 1894, the USGS implemented a plan to prepare a geologic map of the US in the form of over 3,000 quadrangle atlas sheets issued individually in folio size. The essential parts of each folio were a description of the region surveyed, a topographic map, and an areal geologic map. Additional geologic map sheets and illustrations would be included as determined by the important economic and/or scenic characteristics found in the area. Of the over 3,000 folios planned, only 227 were ever issued before the series was discontinued in 1945. The majority of folios, such as the one offered for sale here, were issued in a library edition containing never-folded, single-sided maps printed on heavy paper with a highly calendared (glossy) surface. This surface was specifically chosen to give the best effects to the patterns and colors. These characteristics make the library edition the preferred choice for collectors and print sellers. Never-folded (and later folded) field editions were also issued but as a portfolio without calendared map surfaces. Shipping: For reasons of size and fragility, your atlas will be shipped flat sandwiched between multiple sheets of new cardboard pads for best protection.

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