at the Gap mine, together with the obsolete pumps and machinery rendered further operations unprofitable and the final closing down of the mine, the entire Prop erty being disposed of by Mr. Wharton to his competitors. CHROME MINES The chrome mines of Little Britain and Fulton Townships enjoy with

Little Britain Presbyterian Church by Dr. Charles H. Stubbs The migration of the Scotch-Irish into these parts was coeval with that of the English Friends. They embraced the Presbyterian faith, and in those days not being sufficiently numerous to form a congregation, received oc- casional visits

mine have already sounded the fame of the great men of this section. It does not seem to be generally known, yet it is a well-established fact, that in Little Britain township the first land within Lancaster county limits was surveyed and granted under legal and governmental regu- lations. This tract