LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
To His Excellency, Hon. Cary A. Hardee, Governor of Florida : 
Sir :—In accordance with the law establishing the State Geological 
Survey I submit herewith my annual report, which is the Fourteenth in 
the series of annual reports thus far published by this Department. The 
report contains the administrative section, which briefly sets forth the 
activities of the Survey, statistics on the mineral production for the years 
1919 and 1920 as well as such recommendations as it appears urgently 
necessary to make. In addition, the report contains a paper entitled “On 
the Petroleum Possibilities of Florida/’ accompanied by a general geo¬ 
logical map of the State. 
The last-mentioned paper was prepared to supply information to 
the increasing number of persons requesting data on this subject. Owing 
to his peculiar fitness, Dr. E. H. Sellards was engaged to prepare this 
report. In the capacity of State Geologist for a period of almost twelve 
years, he became intimately familiar with the geology of Florida. His 
work for the Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology of Texas— 
one of the greatest oil-producing states—furthermore has afforded 
special opportunity for the study of petroleum geology. And it is hoped 
the report may serve, in a measure, to direct future oil prospecting. 
Your cordial interest in the work of this Department is fully ap¬ 
preciated and I thank you for it and for all assistance rendered. 
Very respectfully, 
April, 1922. 
Herman Gunter, 
State Geologist . 
