The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-05

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basin, while, in other paFts Of The State,
from the exhaustion Of charcoal, the
fuel hitherto used ihe iron interests
J languish in the midst Of abundant NJ
! tive ores A careful and intelligent sx-
. animation would probably supply fuel
! for smelling these ores, By the discO7-
cry Of furnace Goals, in the upper seams,
or BY proving the lower coal accessible
BY shafting.
! If then, our mining interests are Of
such paramount Importance, is it wise
OF economical TO leave them loagsf
without systematic effort for their de-
velopmentl
I Michigan has. already received Sly
times as nvch as her survey cost her
4 from Saginaw salt wells, bored at The
suggestion Of her State GsolOgisi, and
she Is certain To be repaid s thousand
fold from that source alone.
4 The negative value Of the survey, in
showing where minearls do exist, should
not be overlooked. When New York
Commenced her survey, Il vas hoped
that the geological explorations would
bring to light valuable stsams Of coal,
but that hoped proved vain. Never
theless, ths knowledge Of the negative
fact that New York has no coal, las
been worth more than the cost Of the
survey in the saving Of useless mining
expenditures. In this State millions Of
dollars have been utterly wasted in oil
enterprises and speculations which
might have been saved to the State BIZ
. geological survey, which would have
disclosed the utter Worthlessnsss of
nine tenths Of the so-called oil territory,
To a new and complete survey Of
Ohio, the old partial one would serve
valuable purpose as a preliminary re-
eonnoisance, while, at The same time,
the labors Of the geological corps would
be greatly facilitated BY the elaborate
surveys Of the adjacent States. These
considerations should be taken into &C.
count in estimating the cost Of a new
survey, in reference 10 which your com
mittee have the opinion Of distinguish
cd practical geolOgist as follows:
"fWenty thousand dollars, for two
years, should give US as good qsoIa.y-
ical survey as any 0f our neighbofs
hsye-s much less expensive one than
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu-
setts, Kentucky and other States have
had, but one of equal value in its re-
sults.n
In framing the bill herewith submit
ted, your committee have endeaEorsd
to presents plan for a survey, which
would be covered by this estimate, and
embrace only that range Of inEsstiga-
ton which is Of most immediate practi-
cal necessity.
The survey Of Iowa was commenced
IN September, 1855, and was continued
until the close Of the season Of 1851
The resuls of these investigations were
published in 1858, in two volumes, and
the expenses, IS kindly furnished your
COMMITTEES from the Auditors books. By
'Mr. Wright Secretary Of State, were as
follows:
Amount paid State Geoiogist and Ass'ts, ts0osl s.
5zEpsnses Of distributing report. LAS -
Publishing report. 4,OO6 %
ts5, 80 OF
An act providing for the completion
Of the survey was passed March S0th,
1886, which appropriated $4,000 for
two years. A second act was passed in
1858, requiring the survey to be com.
plsted by June lst 1870. The last sp-
preparation, together with the expenses
of publishing the new reports not vet
provided for, win in the judgement Of
the Secretary Of State, make the entire
expense Of the geological survey Of
Iowa amount TO sos, $50 OIL.
Had the work been followed up con.
tinuOusly from its beginning in 1898
until completed, the expense would no
doubt have been very much less.
The State Geologist of Illinois writes
Jour committee as follows iR regard 10
the expense Of the survey Of that Ssatss
'The Illinois survey was first organ
ized with an annual appropriation Of
%, 900, which was found to be entirely
inadequate to carry on the work in
satisfactory manner, and at the first
session Of the General Assembly after
its organization the annual appropria-
ton was increased to $1,000, which has
continued to the present time, with an
additional appropriation two years ago
Of $4,000 per aunum for two years, =
This was done in order to complete tbe
held-Work as sOFn as it could il a salts
factory manner, and the result has been
that all the counties in the State have
been surveyed and the 6eld-Rork sub
stantiallY completed, The sppropris-
ton Of $4,000 for the last two years
(Sl5,0o0 per year, has enabled me to
complete the survey Of about seventy
i've countless at cost Of about s40O
per county.
"Fhe cost Of the three volumes Of
the report has been about IS per eopy
for the first volume and about S7 for the
other two, the increased cost ofthe lat
ter being due to the engravings they
"An appropriation Of $1,000 per
annum for your State would be sufficient
o prosecute the survey N the most sat
sfaetory manner, and would ensbls
competent and energetic man 10 com
plete the work in FIVE or SIX years at
most
"With sn annual appropriation Of
sl0e69 a corps Of five OF six persons
'ould be employed at the salaries paid
n Illinois, which have been as follows:
3, 500 SO the director Of the survey.
md from $1,000 to SI,s 10 the as
istants, according to their capacity.-
With the annual appropriation in Hin
Ms | have only been able to employ one
ssistant regularly, except during the
ast two years, when our working force
las been increased to SIX or eight per-
ons during the season.
From the best information thew can
'ather, your committee believe thai
pod survey of Ohio can be eompIetsd,
be plan presented, within three years.
t an expense, excluding that of pub
shing the report, Of not exceeding fftv
thousand dollars.
An expenditure so moderate, extend
ag over the period named, you'd
esrcely be felt and would be prompt
I repaid in results Of measureless value
, the material interests Of the great
tate,
Your committee, therefore, hearth,