STATE GEOLOGIST. 30 



!<• wav K\< ;v Bpccimen or item of information will 



ink fully received. Pr landmana mportant 



enterp in some instances, greatly mistaken their true 



in failing to furnish the data Bought for, even by re- 



licati< ns. No authority is considered more reliable 



than a State Geological Report, on the value and extent of the 



minerals a particular locality or district; and the 



interests of proprietors of mineral locations, require them to 



■ee that every evidence of the value and productivem bs of their 



is placed in the possession of the State Geologist. 



hi wr, isolated facts or specimens calculated to throw 



ipon the occurrence of any rock or mineral, in any part 



of the State, especially those parts not yet explored, will always 



prove of interest, and, in Borne eases, may constitute critical 



data for dc aiding questions in doubt. 



It will be seen, therefore, that two general classes of infor- 

 mation are desired. 



1. Facta calculated to contribute to our knowledge of the 

 characters and distribution of our rocks, with their included 

 minerals. 



-• •• ihowing the condition of all mining enterprises 



and their productiveness. This class • f information embraces 



ev< rj of manufacture from the mineral substances of 



i 



cks, tiles, pottery, earthenware, pipes, fire- 



te, moulding sand, glass, fluxes, land plaster, 



r, alabaster ornaments, salt, its impurities, mar- 

 y stones, quick-lime, water-lime, grindstones, hones, 

 : or, lead and other metals. 

 Wh< 'logical department is made the common d 



[formation, the way will be opened to BUCh a 

 in to the world of our multifarious sources of wealth 

 as will constitute the strongest possible attraction for settle- 

 ment, enterprise and capital. 



