GKOLOGICAI. AND XATUKAI. HISTOKY SURVEYS. ( 



Benefits.- — ^The results aeeoiiiplishod ])y the survey (lurinu- tliis 

 lieriod, as g-iven by Doctor Sinitli, are as follows: 



]. E'\"eiy county in the State was visited, and the main features of 

 tlse iicoloo-y and resources of e;icli w(>re ascertained; descriptions 

 vrere pulilished of each of these counties, \n soiue cases g'ivino- much 

 (letail; the main subdivisions of the geological foruuitions in the 

 State Avere established ; the mode of occurrence and general dis- 

 tri1)ution of the most impoi-tant mineral resources Avere described and 

 ilhi.Ntrated by maiiy anal,yses; and the agricultu.i'jil features of the 

 ( litire State were given with an approach to completeness, tluinks to 

 the coope]-ation of th.e Tenth Census. 



'2. The experience and the knowledge of tlie territory ac(juii'ed by 

 the State geologist during this long period h.ave unquestional)ly 

 since been of benefit to the State, for without such experience on his 

 part the disbursing of large sums and the dir(>cting of the work of the 

 enlai'ged survey, so as to secure the best results and to avoid inju- 

 dicious expenditures, would have been attended with many perhaps 

 insurmountable difficulties. It might be added further that the cost 

 to the State of this preliminary v^'ork. as shown above, was small. 



5. On the other lia nd, while at the beginning of the work these 

 ]>reliininary ]'e]:)orts supjilied in a measure the information then de- 

 manded, it can not be denied that the progress of the State in the 

 develo]nnent of its gi'eat resources, especially in the latter ])art of 

 this period, created a demand for much more detailed and special 

 information in certain dii'ections than the survey could supply 

 witliont some greater expenditure of money. 



THIRD SURVEY UNDER EUOENE A. S^FITH, 1882-1000. 



Tn accordance with the idea expressed in the last paragraph above, 

 th.e following bill was introduced and passed by the general assem- 

 bly during tiie winter of 18«2--S3 : 



An act to aniciid nn art to ro\ ivc and conipleto the ccolouical and a,i;iiciiltiiral siu'voy nf 



l!io State of Alabama. 



Skctiox 1. r>c il Diacird hi/ Ihe General Afs-'ieinbhi of Aldhfinui. That the 

 act (entitled "An i\rt to revive aurl conipleto the Oeological and Agricultnral 

 Survey of the State of Ahibanin." iipproved April IS, 1S73, be amended so as; to 

 read as follows : 



Skction 1. Be if enaHcd hij Ihe dciiera} Assembly of Alabama, That Eugene 

 A. Smith, professor of chemistry and geology in the University of Alabama, 

 be, and he is hereby, appointed State geologist. 



Skc. 2. He it fnriJwr rnaefed, That Ihe said State geologist shall make 1o 

 Ihe governor ii biennial report of the progress of his surveys and explorations 

 of the mineral, agricultural, and other natural resources of the State; and 

 upon the completion of the survey lie shall make a full report of his labors, 

 including surveys and explorations of mineral deposits, their location, and the 



