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Bravo, Spungman—bravo!!! Your certitude shines through with great brilliance and you are the reigning ROCK STAR on these forums!! You ARE THE MAN, but don’t get fatigued next weekend when you’re Russian around!! Seriously, Mark, I knew you would come through with some good material and...

BlueMoon: I absolutely concur with your assessment of the snake. If you look closely, you will see that the “scales” do not all meet and there is a greyish-black “body” showing through and around the scales. I was going to comment about it when Bob first posted the images. Now—perhaps we...

pineland: You are 100% correct: cementation does occur in the formation of some South Jersey ironstone. As I said in the beginning of this thread, Spungman could answer this question with greater certitude, but he’s always too busy walking the local landscape with some crazy scientists and/or...

Folks: I have nothing of substance to add to this thread, but I thought it most appropriate that my 666th message should appear here. To repent and pay penance for the lack of relevant thread content, I herewith include a transcription of the apocryphal story concerning a witch trial in Mount...

And remember folks: single socks are the larval stage of wire coat hangers! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Best regards, Jerseyman

Jennifer: As pinelandpaddler has already noted, the item you found is a piece of ironstone. For additional information about this material, please look at this thread if you have not already done so: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=6414 Best regards, Jerseyman

Marcia: Here is a short notice of Benjamin’s death from the 13 October 1881 edition of the Trenton Gazette (Page 3): I hope you find this notice useful in your quest. At this point in time, I have nothing further to add to this thread. Best regards, Jerseyman

Marcia: My “obligatory” statement was a weak attempt at humor and should not be construed in any other way. I am confused by your statement that Benjamin died in New Hanover Township. Chesterfield Township has always contained Recklesstown, named for Anthony Reckless, a hero of the American...

Mark: Glad you enjoyed reading the article! I suspect the reporter’s description of the spiking technique was based on faulty observation and knowledge. I am not aware of any rail manufactured where the spike would actually go through the flange or flair at the bottom and to manufacture such...

Marcia: I have no problem with you disseminating the information. The ancestry of the Taylor I described can be traced back to Samuel Taylor, who arrived in Burlington on the “flie boat Martha” in November 1677. He died in Chesterfield in 1725. Whether your Taylor descends from the same line...

Marcia: I suspect the Thomas Taylor death notice you found in the New Jersey Mirror is the one I described above and NOT the Thomas Taylor you are seeking. To give this thread the obligatory Pine Barrens connection, is the Benjamin you mention the miller who resided in Browns Mills prior to...

Marcia: According to my sources, Poplar Grove is not a community toponym. Rather, it is a farm name. Thomas Taylor constructed the west end of his “Poplar Grove” farmhouse in 1813 and the eastern end in 1817 along the Old York Road in Chesterfield Township. The master mason who constructed...

A NEW RAILROAD BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK. A SKETCH OF THE NEW RAILROAD Pennsylvania Capitalists Interested. Within a week past, parties interested in railroad management have heard indistinct rumors of the completion of a line, destined not only materially to affect the traveling...

Kevin: Not a problem. A review of New Jersey State Geological Survey annual reports and other volumes would yield much more information on the distribution of the Cohansey formation throughout southern New Jersey. I can tell you that in addition to the presence of ironstone in the Pines, it...

:siren: Yeah—what Guy said! :siren: Jerseyman