Excerpt from Geological Survey of Alabama: Circular No; 1 Documents Showing the Nature of the Work Done by the U. S. Geological Survey in the States L/ajor Powell: I do not attempt to go into the States 'where beds of phosphates are; I. Do not go into 'the States and say on what particular land iron is to be found, or on what Oman's land coal is to be found, or any other mineral; I do make a topographic survey, and upon that place the geologic forma tions, and then' discuss the relations of the iron, and c0pper, and zinc, and phosphates, etc., to those particular geologic' formations. At that point the State Surveys come in and fix the values, methods of development and other questions, of the several articles, by their own organizations. Upon 'that' 1 plan the States are reorganizing their surveys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.