The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-19
TAG NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Holds it, Semi Annual Meeting--Work
OF the Survey During The Past SIX
Months. ss.--
The Geological Board met in the Gov
ernor's office at IL o'clock this morn
ing. Present, the Governor, Major
Morehead, Major Telfair, and Prof.
Holmes. This is the regular semi an
nual meeting of the Board; and the re-
port of the State Geologist covering the
work of the year were submitted and
approved.
The following persons have been
connected with the work of the Survey
during 1895: j. A. Holmes, State
Geologist, who has looked after the
correspondence and other administra-
tive work; who has examined the
clay deposits and the conditions for
water supplies in the eastern counties
and who has prepared and made the
North Carolina Mineral Exhibits at
the Atlanta Exposition. Mr.. II. b. c,
Mite, has continued his examinations
of the North Carolina gold fields and is
preparing for publication two reports
one on the gold deposits and the other
on methods and history of gold mining
in North Carolina. MIR. j. Ii. Lewis,
assisted by NEE. W Myers, and Mr..
c. G.. Babb, of the L. 5. Geological Sur
Vey, has been surveying the water pow
ers in the counties west of the Blue
Ridge; and Mr.. Lewis, assisted by Mr..
Joseph Platt, has also continued his
examination of the corundum depos-
it's west of the Blue Ridge. Mr.. ". W.
Ashe, who has already published two
reports on the forests of the State has
been examining the forest lands of the
midland and piedmont counties with
a view of suggesting methods of pro-
tecting and improving the forests of
these regions.
Mr. Ashe is just now in Atlanta in
charge of the North Carolina mineral
and forestry exhibits.
The United States Geological Survey
has continued to cooperate with the
State Survey and is materially aiding
in the preparation OF important maps
of the Piedmont and western counties,
and in the examination of the geolo-
gical formation in those counties. Re-
ports on forestry, coTundrum, mona
ports on forestry. corundum, mona
ute, gold deposits, building stone and
clays, water-powers, and the water
supplies. are now being printed
by the State printers and will be ready
for distribution during the early part
of the next year.
The State Geologist expresses the
opinion that the conditions for sup
plies of artesian water are favorable
in many of the eastern counties and
his reports on this subject viii be
awaited with interest. In his examina-
ton of the clay deposits of the State
he finds that important improvements
can be made in connection with brick
manufacturing in North Carolina: and
one of the survey reports 10 be pub
lished during the next year will deal
with this subject, and the Development
of our extensive clay deposits in other
directions. He says there is no reason,
as far as the clays are concerned, why
brick should be shipped into North
Carolina from other States.
The Geological Board passed reso-
buttons thanking the Southern, the
Seaboard Airline and the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railroads for their
generous cooperation with the state
Geologist. through which he has been
enabled to make the mineral and for
estrv exhibits for North Carolina at
the Atlanta Exposition.