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This report was finally printed under the title of Geology of 

 Tennessee, and was ready for distribution in 1869. It was in fonn 

 of an octavo volume of 550 pages, containing- a geological map of the 

 State, seven plates of fossils, and a number of sections and other 

 illustrations. 



Under the act of 1871 Professor Safford was again appointed 

 State geologist and mineralogist, and remained in office doAvn to 

 1900, being reappointed by each succeeding governor. During this 

 period his summer vacations were employed in the work of the sur- 

 vey, though during a part of the time he was much crippled by 

 failure on the part of the legislature to provide for his salary, and 

 but for his connection witli Vanderbilt University at Nashville, lie 

 could not have afforded to retain the office. 



During the interval between 1871 and 1900 reports of progress 

 from time to time were prepared, but were not published, the idea 

 being to accumulate and retain materials for a large report or for a 

 second revised and enlarged edition of his Geology of Tennessee. 

 In the meantime articles and chapters including more or less of the 

 results obtained w^ere contributed to the publications of the Tennes- 

 see agricultural bureau and the reports of the commissioner of 

 agriculture, statistics, and mines, and the American Journal of 

 ScifMce. 



After the enactment of tlie law of 1871 application was made to 

 the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for a beginning of 

 geodetic work in Tennessee, to which they were entitled. This work 

 was ordered, and Prof. A. H. Buchanan, of Lebanon, Tennessee, 

 was commissioned to carry it on. As State geologist, Professor 

 Safford directed that he sliould, first of all, proceed to connect Nash- 

 ville and Knoxville by triangulation. This Avas successfully accom- 

 plished, and subsequently he was directed to select his points west of 

 Nashville and connect that city with the Mississippi River, the pur- 

 pose being to secure at least a surveyed belt lengthwise through the 

 State which might, until the whole of the State could be triangulated, 

 serve as a basis for the utilization of the railroad, county, and other 

 maps, and for the location of points. This worlv was begun, when 

 Professor Buchanan was ordered back to Washington on account of 

 the failure of Congress to appropriate the necessary means. 



Expense. — The expense of the survey for the six years ending with 

 1859 would seem to have been covered, exclusive of publications, by 

 the appropriations — $9,000. The $1,500 appropriated in March. 

 1868, for the compilation of the volume. Geology of Tennessee, 

 gives a total of $10,500. Under the law of 1871 the geologist was 

 to receive $300 a year, l)ut tliough reappointed to the office by each 



