828 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 



the geological survey of Arkansas until after the close of the 

 war. 



The Reconstruction Surveys. — In the General Assembly of 1866 

 a bill was passed by the Senate providing for a geological survey 

 of the state, but it was rejected by the Lower House. 1 



In his message to the General Assembly of 1868 General 

 Powell Clayton, then Governor of the state, recommended the 

 continuation of the survey begun by Owen, but the committee 

 to which the matter was referred reported that " owing to 

 the unsettled state of the country and the lack of funds to 

 prosecute the above work" the bill should be indefinitely post- 

 poned. 



In the legislature of 1871 a survey bill was passed (and 

 approved March 28, 1871) appropriating $15,000 for two years 

 work. Under this act Governor O. A. Hadley appointed W. F. 

 Roberts, Sr., of Pennsylvania, state geologist. The records in 

 the office of the Secretary of State do not show how long Mr. 

 Roberts held office, but he was appointed June 5, 1871, and in 

 his message to the General Assembly in 1873 Governor Hadley 

 says that he returned to Pennsylvania " last July, and I have not 

 heard from him since." 



Dr. George Haddock, then of Arkadelphia, was, upon 

 Governor Hadley's recommendation, appointed Mr. Roberts' 

 assistant, and went with him through the western part of the 

 state. 



Mr. Roberts' report was never delivered to the Governor, but, 

 according to his own statement, 2 it was deposited in a bank, 

 because the state was unable to print it. A series of articles, 

 however, was subsequently published by Mr. Roberts in the Age 

 of Steel of St. Louis, Missouri (1887-88), and it is probable that 

 these articles represent his views of the geology of the state, and 

 give the results of his work. They are largely a repetition of the 

 results given by Owen. 



I Thisbill appropriated $13,000 for the survey for two years — 1867 and 1868. 

 The vote in the House was 30 to 27 against the bill; in the Senate it was 17 to 6 in 

 its favor. 



2 Made to the writer in 1888. 



