Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-03
term following.
ora STATE EOI.OGiS


Ia recent trip to the Eastern part
| of The State VT spent II day in Raleigh,
! I'D meeting Prof. kerr, the Stare
II -p'ugist, on tue street, we proposed
! 10 -psnd AZ hour or tTO III his Mu
! scam ~ / examine his Collection Of
! specimenS IF minerals found within
| Ii borders of Norti Carolina After
! Icing w!.Ht Prof. Kerr has lone t.
| i'Neirl.r 81 Il make known 10 tie world
! IA" ion resources of North Carolina.
; " "a not ha-;t,,e - say that we re-
| get l!iue :, t-y.-r advocate tn. abolish
| Tent Of nIs office.
We nre cOnhd-nt that but very few
| # CIR people know the richuess and
vast resources OF their Stat--th
amount OF gold, silver, copper, !roD
and coal lmFee,,td IN the sod of
North Carolius, tc9; ther with the
II at fe"utfnl marble AID stone III
ner quarrles IL iuGeed astonishing.
L. mineral resources aud material
wealth. We 10 tot think this State can
De surpassed by any ia the Union All
that ~ necessary to prove this is an
exa Mutation Of The Geological Museum
at Raleigh.
Prof. k..rr showed Us tie Maps he
p7"pare ard t. Ok with him to tue
Worlds ExpDsltlnn at Vieuua IN 1873,
exhibit ng the different mineral re-
g'"ns Of tna State, the Mouutains and
tt.f'r heights, the temperature "f eli
mate, &c. &c--rxpianations E~i"g
printed OF Ihv MAJ hv tie Prof seor
!lir5se f in E"e3'~h, Gtrman and
Fiench. Tie maps AMI he ~perimens
i ores and native Woods EXHIBIT Il ~
Prot Kerr attracted great IL tcnb.Oa ~
the Exposition, the Emperor of Ger
lu*:;y scvera! timez PERSONAL exam;r-
irg the ..Itic es IL t2r North Carolina
Departm y.
rather en-, iOas nr strange f ct is
-hnwr hv o"e Of y, *. IRIS maps,
": I'het lte I'm; OF tle North Or
c,iHa cast pT,-i e. further iu.u Tue
A'la..t.c OCEAN 10y 100 miles than that
Of any other coast from Florida to
New York, and that the land is stead
ny and constantly gaining on the
Ocean and narrowing its compass.
Whales and other sea- animals have
ne u fCu-,i nj. ~ b.: 50 ~r..: trct IN
the Rrt.p.,: near Weldon, Gs,;d,,t orc
aud kI4st'n, proving fhtt the ocean
"rcv flow 4 ocer thI.s sectiDns of the
state, ii Heat one IsuUdrel miles from
u eau ST present.
We III ttLiC 10 4 itiue TO this SUBJECT
.l-raa t r, but will take occasion now
10 s:lf-9es: that the State ought t. re-
fund - Prof. Kerr the expense he IN |
curreG liz 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 |
)Hr $50 iorsepent. We have long been
awar4 Of The pc. sie,eut aud Intelligent |
labors Of our State GeoIogist, aud the
good which would be doue the SIT
thereby. HIS 81 nv cas- are b-g,nring
70 be appreciated AS their beneficial
results are b, coming alp rent. We
are in receipt of the r. port of the Ge-
logical Survry of North Carolina,
work of more thnu Qua hnndred pages,
Illustrated by we'll executed g, ologl-
"a! map of the Gtate, and cuts descrIp-
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 III the Ger
nan States. North Carolina would
urely be benefited therefrom.