Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-03
term following.
OlR STATE EOI.OgGES
8eveiOpmcnt of North Carolina.

La recent trip to the Eastern part
of the State We spent day in Raleigh,
| ard meeting Prof Kerr, the State
G-OugIst, on toe street, we proposed
10 spend an hour or two III his Mu
| seam AMI examine his collection of
| specimens of minerals found within
! ;h' borders of North Carolina. After
! s,oelnx what Prof. Kerr has .toDe t.
| Envelope ard make known to the world
| the ilCh resources of North Carolina,
! We IL not Ea-;tate 10 say that we re-
| greet thHt We ever advocated the abolish
| ent of his Office.
| We are confd-nt that but very few
# our people know the richuess and
vast resources OF their State-th
amount OF gold, silver. copper, IRON
and coal lmteeaed in the soil of
| North Carolina, together with the
| snnst beautiful marble ard stone In
her quarrles IL indeed astonishing.
Ii mineral resources aud material
wealth we DO not think this State can
be surpassed by any in the Union. All
that is necessary to prove this is an
| exa niuation Of the Geological Museum
at Raleigh.
Prof. Krrr showed US tie Maps he
prepared ard took with him to the
Worlds Exposition at Vienna in 1873,
exhibiting the different mineral re-
gI"ns OF the State, the Mountaina and
tier heights, the temperature Of eli
mate, &c. &c--expianations b"ipg
printed on Ih- MAPS by the Professor
2imse in English, German and
French. The maps and ,he specimens
II ores and native woods exhiDitrsi by
Prot, Kerr attracted great al tensiOn ~
the Exposition, the Emperor of Ger
tnADy several times personally examin-
ing the artic es in t2e North Carolina
Departm=n'.
\ rather ulious or strange tact is
-h"wE by one of Prof Krrr's maps,
VIZ: That the lana Oh tne Nortu Gar
DINA coast pr c.~ further iu.o tic
Atlantic Ocean 10y 100 miles than that
of any other coast from Florida to
New York, and that the land is stead
lily and constantly gaining on the
Whales and other sea animals have
hen found imis.:ci : seyer.i feet IN
the Rrtn..,: near Weldon, GoId,,toro
aud ksstrn. proving that the ocean
ores flow Il over those sections of the
State, at least one huUdred miles from
;he eau st present.
We intend to lnde to this subject
:leraatr, but will take occasion now
10 s1Gges: that the State ought t. re-
fund t. Prof. Kerr the expense he in |
CURED lii going to Vienna and making |
known the wonderful resources of |
North Carolina.
we copy the above from the Cha
:2!tt Democrat, aud desire to give Ii
our ~ iorsepent. We have long been
aware of the PEE sirteut aud intelligent
labors of our State 9eoiogist, and the
good which would be doue the SIT.
thereby. His ST nv ces are brginring
TO be appreciated as their beneficial
results are becoming app rent. We
are in receipt of the Report of the &C.
illogical Survey of North Carolina,
work of more than one hundred pages,
Illustrated by we'll executed g, ologi-
"a! map of the Etate, and cuts descrlp-
i've of matters of i terest connected
With the survey. We hope it has been
II the power of Professor Kerr to have
sufficient number of this fine work
published that its circulation may be
Xtended to such sections as will rem
Ter it valua Die to the State. Indeed
. il a great pity that it could not be
published for circulation Ii the Ger
nan States. North Carolina would
ursly be benefited therefrom.