ANNUAL REPORT. 
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State by limited areas in detail, as by counties, and in¬ 
tended as final reports for the areas so treated. 
Members of the State Survey Force. 
The writer’s services as State Geologist began in June, 
1907. On August 15, 1907, Mr. Herman Gunter was em¬ 
ployed as Field Assistant. In connection with co-opera¬ 
tive work between the State and the National Surveys, 
the State Survey secured during a part of the year the 
services of F. G. Clapp and George C. Matson. The chemi¬ 
cal work of the State Survey is provided for by law 
through the office of the State Chemist. 
Mr. Gunter’s time has been given largely to field work 
on underground water, to the collection of geological ma¬ 
terial, and to assistance in the exhibition of specimens. 
Messrs. Clapp and Matson, who worked with the State 
Survey in co-operation with the National Survey, have in 
preparation a report on the general geology and stratig¬ 
raphy of the State. This report will contain a geological 
map of the State, and, if practicable, a topographic map 
with contour lines at intervals of 50 feet. Mr. E. Peck 
Greene served as office assistant during the months of 
March and April. Miss Nellie Mathes has served as 
stenographer during a part of the year. The total cost to 
the Survey in salaries for the year as shown by the finan¬ 
cial statement given on a later page was $3,568.03. 
The State Geologist has given attention in detail, so far 
as possible, to the field work of the Survey, as well as to 
the equipment of the office, and to the correspondence. 
Many of the letters of inquiry received by the office admit 
of a brief reply, while others require considerable time, 
and in some cases investigation or examination of speci¬ 
mens, in order to supply the information desired. 
Two publications have been issued during the year as 
follows: A pamphlet on the Organization and Plans of 
the State Geological Survey, and a circular containing a 
map with explanatory text showing the areas of artesian 
