184 THE ALABAMA OPPORTLXITV. 



Up to the present time no developments have been made of 

 the St. Stephens Hmestone in this connection, but as it is a very 

 pure Hmestone soft and easily crushed and in great quantity 

 along the rivers and railroads, it seems to be only a question 

 of time when it will come into use. 



Bulletin No. 8 recently issued by the Geological Survey con- 

 tains many analyses of the raw materials for cement manufac- 

 ture from all parts of the State, together with references to the 

 occurrence and an account of the manufacture of this most 

 important product. 



GEOLOGICAL REPORTS. , 



The reports of the Geological Survey, which give details 

 concerning the mineral resources above enumerated, are, so 

 far as they still remain on hand, the following: 



0)1 the Gold Region. — Bulletin No. 3, on the Lower Gold 

 Belt of Alabama, by Dr. Wm. B. Phillips; Bulletin No. 5, on 

 the Upper Gold Belt, by W. M. Brewer, Eugene A. Smith 

 and others. 



On the Valley Region. — Reports of Progress for the years 

 1875 and 1876. dealing with Jones' Valley chiefly. Report on 

 Alurfree's \^alley. by A. M. Gibson. Report on Iron Making 

 in Alabama, by W. B. Phillips. Report on the Valley Re- 

 gions of Alabama, Part I, Tennessee Valley, by Henry AIc- 

 Cally ; Part II, dealing with the Coosa and other Valleys. 



On the Coal Measures. — Report on the Cahaba Coal Field, 

 with map and illustrations, by Joseph Squire; Report on the 

 Plateau Region of the Warrior Field, by Henry McCalley; on 

 the Blount Mountain Coal Field, by A. M. Gibson, on the 

 Coosa Field, by A. M. Gibson, and on the Warrior Basin, by 

 Henry McCalley. 



On the Agricultural District. — Report on the Coastal Plain 

 of Alabama, by Eugene A. Smith and others. 



Bulletin No. 8 on the Cement Resources of the State, by 

 Eugene A. Smith and E. C. Eckel. 



Index to the Mineral Resources of Alabama, by Eugene 

 A. Smith and Henry McCalley. 



These reports will be sent to any one desiring further infor- 

 mation on the subjects treated in them, and a full list of the 

 publications of the Survey may also be had upon application 

 to the State Geologist at the University of Alabama. 



