DR. E. A. SMITH, State Geologist : 



SIR In the following pages please find the results of the 

 examination of the Blount Mountain Coal Field undertaken 

 by your direction in the years 1891-92. The developments 

 made show this to be a rich and valuable coal field. None 

 of the seams have been fully explored, or tested, yet enough 

 is now known of its contents to warrant the conclusion that 

 this is destined to be one of the most productive Coal 

 Fields of Alabama. 



"With grateful regards for past favors, this work is re- 

 spectfully submitted. 



A. M. GIBSON. 



EAST LAKE, ALA., May 30, 1893. 



