Report Of The Progress Of The Geological Survey Of North Carolina 1867 1868 PDF Download

Excerpt from Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of North Carolina, 1867 The weather having proved so auspicious as to permit outdoor operations until the beginning of December, I was able to carry out my plan beyond my own expectations, having travelled, mainly in the saddle, 1700 miles of mountain roads and mountains without roads, in less than four months. A summary of some of the more important observations is herewith respectfully submitted, with the hope that your Excellency will find something of the same satisfaction, with myself, in the discovery of the great and almost unknown resources, both agricultural and mineral, of the mountainous portion of our State. And it must be remembered that the region beyond the Blue Ridge, to which my explorations were limited, constitute only about one-half of the hitherto unexplored division of the State. The remainder, extending from the Blue Ridge and Yellow mountains, to the Catawba River and Pilot mountain, which will next claim attention, will, I am satified, from many general indications, prove equally interesting. 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.