Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina, Vol. 1: Physical Geography, Resumé, Economical GeologyIt is noteworthy that the arst geological survey by public authority In America was made by the state of North Carolina. The first sug gestion of such survey was made by Prof. Olmsted, of the State Uni versity, in 1821, in aletter to the Board of Public Improvements. Judge Murphy, however, on the part of the said Board, had observed in their official report for 1819, that in executing the surveys which they were required to have made, in the prosecution of various schemes of internal improvement, they had attempted to render the surveys subservient to the interests of science by collecting information of the geology and mineralogy of the state, but they had failed.The suggestion was renewed by Prof. Olmsted a year or two later, with the proposal to spend his vacations in geological excursions, and he asked merely such an appropriation as would defray the expenses of the undertaking. The result was the passage of an act of Assembly in 1823, authorizing the Board of Agriculture to have such survey made, and appropriating for the purpose the sum of $250 a year for four years. The appropriation was afterwards renewed for two years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.