Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-10-15
NO. so.
GEOLOGY OF ONO.
Meeting Of the state Geological Corp.
From the o.s. 5ouna1 Oct. 81

IFrom the o. s. Journal Oct. g.
The State Geological Corps met at
the Rooms of the State Board of Agri
culture yesterday. Present: Prof j .
y. NewbeTry, Chief Geulogist Prof.
E. b. Andrews. Prof. Edward Orton.
Hon. John III. KIippart and Mr.. g. r..
Gilbert, Assistants and Prof. Z. G..
Wormley, Chemist. The object Of the
meeting was to compare and combine
the results of the summers work, and
the day was occupied in this aud In
opening and examining the numerous
packages of specimens forwarded so
Headquarters during the summer.
The Corps have made a geological
reconnaissance of the entire State and
prepared geological map of the same.
The survey was commenced on the
first of une, with the following or
ganization. Prof j. S. Newberry,
Chief GeologIst Prof. e. B. Andrews
Prof EdWd Orton aud j. III. Kip
part, Esq, Assistant Geologists.
10 addition to these officers. appoin-
ted by the Legislature, ten additional
assistants have been constantly om
plOyed on the survey during the last
three months. OF these all but two
we're volunteers, receiving only the
payment of their travelling expeuses
for their services. The surveying
party was divided into foar detach-
ments, to whom different districts we're
assigned. OF theee two, operating 10
the northern half of the State, were
under the imme iiate supervision of
the Chief Geologist; another. under
Prof Andrews, in the south eastern
quarter and still another, under Prof
Orton, in the southwestern quarter of
the State.
The 6rst duty assigned to the sur
Veyiug party, was 10 trace out the
geographical extent of the different
formations, 50 that an accurate geolO-
gical map could be made, and to gath
er material for settling the much dc
bated questions of the relations of the
rocks of Ohio to those Of adi0iRiuq
States. This part of the work is DEac-
tically done. An accurate ge0logicai
map, on a large scale, has been made.
the doubtful ques tiOns Ia the geology
Ohio definitely settled, and q large
amount of interesting material gather
ed Illustrative of our ancient hsral aud
fauna, as we'll as of our mineral resour
ces-eoal, iron, salt, peat, gypsum.
clay, water lime, etc.
The detailed examination of the
State by counties, has also been begun
aud careful surveys of Washington and
Perry counties have been made or are
ia progress by Prof 0rton, and oil
Cuyah uga aud Erie counties by Prof
NewberTy and his assistants.
The specimens already collected, &,
filing more than fifty box es. will form
the commencement of a museum OF
economic and scientific geologyin this
city. Sets of specimens are also col
leeted for the principal colleges In the
State.
Prof. Newberry's first report viii be
presented to the Legislature In Janu
ary mex Including, as it will, th,
records of the present half years work
and the result of twenty years geOlO
gical study and collection 10 Ohio b.
Prof N, it cannot fail TO contain much
interesting and valuable matter. For
this report fifty plates are already
drawn, aud more than one hundred
analyses of our useful minerals made
at the private cost of the Chief GeoIO
gist. This report will also inelude
special reports on the geology Of Ger
tain counties, aud of regions of peeu
liar importance as mining and manu-.
featuring.
The corps adjourned last evening t.
meet again early in January, to com
plete the report aud to make other ar
ranRements.