﻿PREFATORY 
  REMARKS 
  

   Plans 
  of 
  Operation 
  

  

  The 
  prosecution 
  of 
  a 
  well 
  organized 
  geological 
  survey 
  demands 
  

   an 
  expenditure 
  of 
  funds 
  far 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  those 
  now 
  at 
  our 
  com- 
  

   mand. 
  This 
  the 
  reader 
  is 
  requested 
  to 
  constantly 
  bear 
  in 
  mind. 
  

  

  With 
  much 
  volunteer 
  labor, 
  however, 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   bring 
  together, 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  such 
  data 
  as 
  we 
  believe 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  

   service 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  shall 
  investigate 
  special 
  prob- 
  

   lems 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  lyouisiana. 
  This 
  remark 
  applies 
  

   more 
  particularly 
  to 
  Section 
  land 
  portions 
  of 
  Section 
  II. 
  They 
  

   show 
  what 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  accomplished, 
  by 
  whom, 
  and 
  where. 
  

   They 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  styled 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  geological 
  reconnais- 
  

   sance 
  work 
  in 
  lyOuisiana. 
  

  

  Part 
  III 
  contains 
  the 
  beginnings 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  lines 
  

   of 
  investigation 
  that 
  this 
  Survey 
  will, 
  we 
  hope, 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  take 
  

   up 
  and 
  carry 
  out. 
  They 
  include 
  : 
  

  

  (i) 
  The 
  mapping 
  geographically, 
  topographically, 
  and 
  geo- 
  

   logically, 
  of 
  certain 
  areas 
  that 
  are 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  either 
  (a) 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  inhabitants 
  they 
  contain 
  and 
  to 
  

   whom 
  such 
  maps 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  service, 
  or 
  (b) 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  some 
  

   specially 
  interesting 
  geological 
  phenemenon 
  they 
  exhibit, 
  or 
  (c) 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  proximity 
  to 
  seats 
  of 
  learning 
  where 
  they 
  

   will 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  to 
  teachers 
  who 
  wish 
  to 
  teach 
  geology 
  from 
  

   their 
  own 
  surroundings 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  true 
  way. 
  Detailed 
  reports 
  

   should 
  accompany 
  these 
  sheets. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  gathering 
  of 
  information 
  for 
  agricultural 
  or 
  soil 
  

   maps, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  explained 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Stubb's 
  letter 
  heretofore 
  

   affixed. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  working 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  stratigraphic 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  deposits 
  of 
  lyouisiana. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  (a) 
  study- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  great 
  care 
  the 
  fossil 
  remains 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  for- 
  

   mations 
  and 
  hence 
  identifying 
  deposits 
  by 
  the 
  fossils 
  they 
  con- 
  

   tain, 
  (b) 
  by 
  putting 
  down 
  test 
  wells 
  and 
  observing 
  the 
  nature 
  

   of 
  the 
  different 
  beds 
  passed 
  through, 
  (c) 
  by 
  studying 
  the 
  stratig- 
  

  

  