ANNUAL REPORT. 
9 
The Purposes and the Duties op the State Geological 
Survey. 
The State Geological Survey is intended to serve both 
an economic and an educational purpose. Provision is 
made for the exploration of the mineral and other natural 
resources of the State, and for the publication in a suita¬ 
ble manner of the results of such explorations. The 
establishment of a State Survey upon a basis that is 
broad, efficient, and capable of development is an accom¬ 
plishment upon which a State is to be congratulated. The 
successful carrying out of such a survey demands on the 
part of its officials faithful, persistent adherence to defi¬ 
nite plans, and on the part of the people of the State a 
generous and constant co-operation. Among the specific 
objects for which the Survey exists, as stated in the enact¬ 
ment, is that of making known information regarding 
“minerals, water supply, and other natural resources of 
the State,” including the “occurrence and location of min¬ 
erals and other deposits of value, surface and subterra¬ 
nean water supply and power, and mineral waters, and 
the best and most economic methods of development, 
together with analysis of soils, minerals and mineral 
waters, with maps, charts, and drawings of the same”. 
While strictly economic purposes are thus emphasized, 
a distinctly educational function of the Survey is indi¬ 
cated by Section 4, which makes it the duty of the State 
Geologist to make collections of specimens illustrating 
the geological and mineral features of the State. One set 
of these specimens is to be deposited in the office of the 
State Geologist, while duplicate sets are made accessible 
to each of the State colleges. These collections form the 
basis upon which the conclusions of the Survey’s investi¬ 
gations rest and their proper care and preservation is a 
matter of importance. The educational work of the State 
Survey should, however, go beyond the distribution of 
collections. The minute investigation of a mineral deposit 
and publication of the results of that investigation are 
