2 INTRODUCTION. 



assistance in the field and in making up this report ; and to Mr. 

 Broadhead for a report on Maries county, for assistance in the 

 field, in making up this report, and in preparing the accom- 

 panying section and map. 



Mr. J. L. P. W. Fitzgerald, of Granby ; Judge W. C. Price, 

 Mr. J. A. Stephens, and Mr. Chas. Carlton, of Springfield ; Mr. 

 C. D. Bray, N. A. Davis, M.D., Mr. W. C. Smart, and Mr. L. 

 P. Ayers, of Green county ; Mr. C. L. Dickernian, Mr. D. G. 

 Morrow, Mr. McCraw, Joel Hall, Esq., Mr. J. G. McFadden, 

 Mr. Casswell Roberts, and Mr. Harvey Burkhart, of Taney ; 

 Hon. H. T. Blow, Mr. J. F. Darby, Mr. T. C. Johnson, and 

 Mr. S. M. Colman, of St. Louis ; Mr. Wm. C. Best, of Maries ; 

 Mr. Isaac N. Young, of Franklin ; Pleasant Johnson, Esq., and 

 John S. Reding, Esq., of Newton county; C. A. Edmands, of 

 Washington ; and Henry H. Fox, of McDonald, have rendered 

 very important aid in our explorations and in collecting the 

 statistics for our reports. 



The large amount of material thus collected, has been care- 

 fully digested, and the most important results, such as are 

 deemed entirely reliable, have been condensed into the follow- 

 ing report. This report is submitted with a painful sense of its 

 imperfections, and how far it comes short of fully representing 

 the very extensive, interesting, and rich region upon which it 

 is made. Still it is hoped we have presented such an amount 

 of information as will very conclusively indicate the vast agri- 

 cultural, mineral and manufacturing resources of that beautiful 

 and favored country. 



Wishing you eminent success in your able efforts to hasten 

 the completion of the South-Western Branch, 

 I remain, very respectfully, 



Your Ob't Servant, 



G. .0. SWALLOW, 



State Geologist. 



GEOLOGICAL BOOMS, STATE UNIVERSITY, 

 Columbia, Mo., June 2d, 1858. 



