ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. 
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A distinctly educational function of the Survey is indicated by 
Section 4 of the law, which makes it the duty of the State Geologist 
to make collections of specimens illustrating the geological and min¬ 
eral features of the State, duplicate sets of which shall be deposited 
with each of the State colleges. The publication of annual reports 
is provided for as a means of disseminating the information ob¬ 
tained in the progress of the Survey. 
The Survey is thus intended to serve on the one hand an econo¬ 
mic, and on the other an educational purpose. 
In its economic relations, a State Survey touches on very varied 
interests of the State’s development. In its results it may be ex¬ 
pected, judging from the experience of similar surveys in other 
States, to contribute not so much to sensational or sudden develop¬ 
ment of great mineral deposits as to an intelligent development 
of the State’s natural resources. Its educational value is of no 
less immediate concern to the State, both to the citizens within 
the State and to prospective citizens without. 
A knowledge of the soil and of the available water supply is 
very necessary to successful agriculture, and the Survey’s inves¬ 
tigations along these lines are of value to all landowners. A know¬ 
ledge of the mineral deposits which may lie beneath the surface is 
likewise necessary to a correct valuation of land. The relation 
of the State Survey to the ownership of mineral lands is specifi¬ 
cally defined. The Survey law provides that it shall be the duty of 
the State Geologist and-his assistants, when they discover any min¬ 
eral deposits or substances of value, to notify the owners of the land 
upon which such deposits occur before disclosing their location to 
any other person or persons. Failure to do so is punishable by 
fine and imprisonment. It is not intended by the law, however, that 
the State Geologist’s time shall be devoted to examinations and 
reports upon the value of private mineral lands. Reports of this 
character are properly the province of commercial geologists, who 
may be employed by owners of land for that purpose. To accomp¬ 
lish the best results, the work of the Survey must be in accordance 
with definite plans by which the State’s resources are investigated 
in an orderly manner. Only such examinations of private lands 
can be made as constitute a part of the regularly planned operations 
of the Survey. 
RELATION OF THE STATE SURVEY TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
U. S. Geological Survey:—Co-operation with the National Geo¬ 
logical Survey was arranged soon after the organization of the 
State Survey. During 1907-1908 this co-operative work was de- 
