Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-22
ALetter From Missouri.
- GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE.

o1so state what was doing ana my I'M
pres.iops Of the State of Missouri.
t. NAV SAVIOR much of egotism to fulfill
+bis PROMISE but, FOR the qualification Of
a few friends who may read this letter |
will keep my promise-and here make
another that I will not again infict pun
ishment on the readers of your paper very
soon with another letter of a similar tenor.
The Board of Managers, who have the
general cont oil of the State Biologists,
fixed the headquarters of the survey at St.
Louis, and during the next winter [ ex-
pect to arrange cabinet in the Geologi-
cal and Agricultural Rooms, corner of
9Th and Olive streets, st. Louis. There
fore st. Louis is my post office address.
have thus far spent but little time in that
city, and probably she'll not be there much
till the inclement weather drives me in
from my field work.
My first business, after coming to the
State was tn go the State University at
columbia and examine the Cabinet that
b "a been collected and the other evidences
of work that had been done by those for
melIy Ell gagged in the survey.
In 1853 a Geological survey of the State
was commenced by Prof G. G. Swallow,
and carried on for eight years at cost of
about $4,000 From three to ten men
were engaged in the different depart
meut-, and embraced some of the best
talent ia the country. DR.. J. G.. Norwood,
one of tile most eminent biologists in the
country, who had the experience of five
years in the service of the United States
survey of the then Northwest Territory"
and subsequently was Principal in the
survey of illinois, was one of Prof. Swal-
lows assistants. The late DR.. b. F.
Shun ard, one Of the best polscentologists
in the country was also An assistant. Prof.
+ B. Meek, now connected with the
United States survey with his headquar-
ters at the Smithsonian Institution was
also in olud-d in the list of ASSISTANTS
Dr.. A. Ljtton, one of the best chemists
in the Uuiou-aud the best west of the
AIeghal.iNs was chemist for the survey.
Several other men of ability were also
engaged II 'N' WORK " ME tneSe Eres'
mines were Ht work. sowing the Sciehtlhc
problems: connected with the survey, civil
war broke out and stopped it. For nine
wears nothing was done. During a por-
ton of The time that the war continued,
soldiers occupied the University building,
ana o"' ''' '''T VI r"7 Syn, '"'erl7'5n'' 0! Dr
Nor""'' ana IT''. 7""'""' great dam
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h.n.,,tn,.. aud 7 ,v,s mara tl,,,, gosr hot,.re
;,.,,,,.5 ,.,.tr .,.1 i,,,or
r,,,c. If IN. pndort4l,in,, bafore me. IaI-
,,ost flr.r.d when thou,bt of the
,,.i,bt If reso,,s;bili+v that u,,s resrin,,
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t,irteeo venr. a,,a. whom undartoo1,
with the late Prot Hitcbcoak a similar
work ia Vermont. These eminent men,
4''''". @,'"''7' thompson, anu 'U"s7
1""'E ''' '''" al .!'s "e''' "l 'n's sur
VI. " Al were IN 'ne'r gra''s' ana I''s
work "'' A"i'1''l'e' 'e'i n1'D no'JS
and the ~ ''''''' 'H'' ,'''y "a0 o9'
lectcd fell ia 10 roy '"'s'T' o0I "e'0 SUI
sequ"nrlv burr so ," we '.'''7 ilo'',', ','4e
the survey was u, ''' NV "l ~
Hitchcock at the ''' ''' ''.'' ''''
first as-iAtant. .......,ou
That survey was flush, -" ., ','.,-' -
alike ereiitaole TO the State J.a, -
E1S'u ~ IT, ne WORK 10 , that in
Missouri IA lnhnl'eIy greater Una. 70 bn+