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1856. Eeport on Geology of Midland Counties; edition of 1,000 

 copies; cost, $1,801.82. 



1858. Report on Geology of Eastern Counties; 814 pp.; edition of 

 2,000 copies; cost, $1,322.12, 



1867. Report of Geological and Natural History Survey; [)art 3: 

 168 pp.; edition of 1,000 copies; cost, $402.90. 



At the beginning of tlie Civil War and during several years previ- 

 ous to that date (1861) Professor Emmons and his assistants appear 

 to have been engaged mainly in the prosecution of the chemical and 

 other oflice work and preparation for publication of a series of final 

 reports, with accompanying maps, embodying the results of the sur- 

 vey. Doctor Curtis, the assistant in natural history, had in prepara- 

 tion from 1860 to 1863 a series of reports on the botany and zoology 

 of the State. 



Of the reports in preparation, three v/ere published in 1860. Tlie 

 publication of the others was interrupted by the excitement attend- 

 ing the breaking out of war. 



As to the nature and extent of tliese unpublished rei)orts prepared 

 by himself. Doctor Emmons says:^ 



It was estiuiated that sufficient matter had accnmniated to make al)0ut 1,200 

 or 1,.300 octavo pages, embracing subjects relating to the agriculture of the mid- 

 laud, westex'u, and mountain counties; the mining resources of the mountain 

 counties and additional facts relative to the mineral resources of Deep River 

 and the midland counties, together with a report on the grape, which is peculiar 

 to a section which we may properly call the wine district of North Carolina. 



The manuscript for the reports mentioned in the above extract 

 appears to have been lost or destroyed at about the beginning of or 

 during the Wiir. It is stated that Professor Emmons presented a 

 manuscript report for publication to Governor Ellis in 1861, and that 

 soon after the re]:»ort had been deposited in the executive office for 

 publication it was in some unexplained way lost or destroyed. 



To accompanj' the above-mentioned reports of Professor Emmons, 

 there was in preparation by Mr. E, Emmons, jr., a geological map of 

 the State, and also one of the coal fields. The latter was colored, and 

 ready for publication in 1861, but the geological portion was in 

 preparation but far from complete. Tlie map used as a base for 

 the geological loap was one by W. D. Cooke, published in 1857 (by 

 Colton & Co.) : scale, 8 miles to the inch. These maps were all left 

 in Raleigh and are supposed to have been lost or destroyed during 

 the Civil War. 



In addition to the above, the following unpublished reports were 

 prepared under the auspices of the survey : 



'Report to Governor Ellis, Le;?. Doc. 18G0-61, p. 5. 



