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and the first edition oi' his I'epcrl on iron making" in Ahibania wa^ 

 issued in 1890. This book was so luuch in demand that an enhirgetl 

 edition was brought ont in 1898, and a third was in uiannseript a 

 year or two later, though not 3'et published.^ 



For many 3'ears Henry McCalley, chdeL assistam, de\oi:ed his whoh- 

 time to the investigation ol' the Paleozoic formations of the State, 

 and tlie results of his work were published under two heads, (1) The 

 Geology and Resources of the Appalachian Valleys, and (2) A 

 second report on the Warrior Basin. 



The first of the two reports above indicated appeared in two parts. 

 ii;\molv. the Valley Hegions of Alabama. !)art 1, Tennessee Valley, 

 issued in 1896; part 2. Coosa Valley Eegioiis, issued in 1898, and in- 

 cluding folding plate with Jiumerous cross sections illustrating the 

 geological structure. 



The report on tlu^ Warrior Basin appeared in 1900. This report 

 is illustrated by a large folding map, and by inany vertical sections 

 of the nieasvu'es embracing the coal groups from the Brookwood 

 down to and including the Black Creek. These reports include a 

 mass of detailed infonnation and will ]ie an enduring monument to 

 the initiring industry of Mr. McCalley. His later years were de- 

 voted to the study of the crystalline j'.rea, l)ut lie did !iot live to bring 

 this report to completion. 



A Preliminary Report on the CM;iys of .Vlab'ama with Chemic;d 

 Analyses and Physical Tests of the >,fore Important Varieties. 1)y 

 Dr. Heinrich Ries, was published in 1000. This report contains also 

 a chaj^ter on the Geological Relations of the Alabama Clays, ]ix 

 Dr. E. A. Smith. 



Tlie work of the survey Avas not limited exclusively to geology 

 Init included general natural history as well. The published reports 

 along this line are, however, as yet confined to botany. In 1879 the 

 botanical collections made by Doctor Smith Avere submitted to Dr. 

 Charles Mohr. of Mobile, for classification, with the request that he 

 would take charge of the future investigatii^n of tlie flora of Alabama 

 in connection with the Geological Survey. In 1880 a list of the 

 combined collections of Doctors Mohr and Smith was published 

 under the title A Preliminary List of tiie Plants Growing Without 

 Cultivation in Alabama. In this list were enumerated about 1.500 

 species and varieties of natiAe flowering plants and ferns. From 

 tliis time on until his death, in 1901, Doctor Mohr was engaged in 

 the study of Alabama flora under the auspices of the State survey 

 and of the Xational Department of Agrictdture. and a report on 

 the Plant Life of x\labama, was in nninuscript by the year 1900. 

 and was published jointly as a report of the Alabama Geological 



'This was finally issued in 1012. 



