STATK GEOLOGIST 23 



who h 



tided the Saginaw river to its mouth, in 

 company with \ man who was subsequently employed 



ijdermUt and general assistant About 

 the middle of May, the necessary preparations baying 

 completed, I entered upon the Geld work of the season, by com- 

 mencing a geological survey of the county of Monroe. In thin 

 »rk 1 was accompanied bj Messrs. A. I). White 

 and Lewis Spalding, two itudents of the University, who volun- 

 I thcii assistance for the mere payment of their traveling 

 expenses. Mr. White continued in the service of the survey 

 during the s e ason, and • kin employed the present season. 



1 am happy here to testily to the faithful, able and obliging 

 manner in which lie has co-operated in th • execution of all my 

 plans. 



mpletiuii of our observations in Monroe county, 



our recom .-.tended through Jackson, Hillsdale, 



.eh and Calhoun counties. Having familiarized 



myself with the character of the Coal Formation in the vicinity 



. its limits to the east and west of the 



>n in pronouncing upon the non-existance 



.lie, or in U\\. w.ity. 1 sui sequentlj 



discount explorations for coal jn 



as those of 



lar duties, alwaj ant, and often 



[gratitude and incredulity, have had to be performed in 



• i rvations made- at Jackson, 



ion, Marshall, Battle Creek, Union City, 



fly insti • 

 .1 be shown in the all f the details of 



y. 



a part of ing to be Less pro* 



as, Mr. White was instructed to 



\ .in Huron 



and Kalamazo ignated lines, while [entered upon 



the examination of the regions bordering up<m the line* of 



