The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-27
MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1915.
A GREAT WORK AND ITS BUILDER

There is nothing of greater value to tho state than the geological survey
work which has been progressing for a number of Ears past under the per-
souAi direction of m of the most eminent biologists of the United States
one "to the manor born" a native product of West Virginia mi today
ITS most distinguished citizen. and its greatest promoter with the outside
world. DIR. Israel {. White. of Morgsntown. He has done more than any
other agency in lighting the way &c the intelligent development of mar
Sou sources, specia oT scncah Nhausuess mineral " wealth. II
has been. 1t might be said. a labor Of love with him. buoyed by the enthusiasm
of cost 10 The state ma his ner.onsI source nab him TO o this in
nowise deuacts from the spirit he has manifested in the enterprise With
the completed work there will have been reared by him a monument to his
genius as impershable as time 1t will be a cumulative legacy for the sener
suOns o striving and fol II the generations to come.
These observations are suggested by the appearance of a new volume in
te county series dealing with wyoming M Mcdowell which Is DESIGNATED
by DR. White Is the most important of all the detailed county reports yet
md mineral ssonrcss occomnsnted NV unminaup mans m Illustration
The auracuveness of the volume is the understandable written text which
makes the exposhoy parsc clear to the layman and highly informative to the
ordinary reader The added interest to his volume will be recognized when
it is known that it covers N OF the richest coal districts in the State in a
region where the socaIed "smOkeless'" or New River and POcahOntas Goals
have atuained such great Importance in the commercial markets OF TIT world
and which have largely contributed to the fame of West Virginia abroad. The
s752 81 .bot ,os were mined which ha. r.en 10 IA 5ss ~. for ,e5 wvo
ming county. which is just as wealthy in her stored energy. is practically un
touched. but development Is progressing rapidly. The coal district covered
by Wyoming and Mcdowell aggregates 1O45 uar miles about equally dt
vided between them Here is a revealing extract from Dr. Whites intro
ducton to the report OF these counties:
Goals The Gs@sSd ff III ISs VIII Soaabdsss sSaIS1e to Increase the poo-
annually oRecofdiSs TO eaiehton. y Heanen and GSwihor P' SSeTs9 T emSIns
about aooocoSoe short uo@s Having been mined. LETT in 'H. pillars etc ana
TSG sBS rspa sSTs,t /. oq 2 oSSoS % 9S55 Ps ys q Il Is N5 Tj9sd and su %aF%ia from
e aa g .s "aIrP -, n? %a @, VIM 1HS'g 81 6 @ %%%n q Bon goo a s$diS 2 4 tn %%o%RdG a% is-
The same calculations apply to Wyoming county. which las practically
the amount Of unmined coal Thus It will be cen that two centuries
of activity in this industry are left o this region. a measurement of time
well without the memory.of man generations yet unborn. But it is not of
coal alone that this volume treats. but there ar other source and pro-
ducts of Mcdowell and Wyoming II also deals with the rivers. railways.
highways towns and Industries. water power. building materials. stones
elays. timber etc. and the agricultural products The value of such a work
Is at nee apparent This scheme as been carried out in the previous
volumes about other counties There is sIl much work to do II would seem
impossible hat any opposition should arise to the continuation OF a. enter
prise Of such economic value yet such vas the case In the last legislature
when the shortsightedness o. a group forced down the appropriation for the
geological survey work o a negligible amount. which threatened its dscon
rnuance The United states government gives a certain amount of aid to
the work Of Slater, but u H. contingent on a like expenditure by them This
skimp policy towards be geological survey va inspired by certain interests
but happily, he'll malevoknt designs we're frustrated by subsequent action
Immense practical yalueo n these detailed county reports are obvious
to all Intelligent and constructive citizens They reveal the exact location
or the Goa 3eams. their thickness. workable qualities and commercial value
lney also dal With UIpr dpgc1DUNe ufOrmarfp of or ofIcr ,f,n-t
wealth IN ron ores oil and gas; building stones. umeHones and cays and
soils Everything the nw conner an The prospective purchaser and developer
wants to know will be found In these volumes Of The geological survey. II 10
The best advertiser the State can have. Having established the mpressive
value Of tisw works shall nd. the Mares Of those. who IL At anytime in The future
eonspire to Withhold a just appropriation for he completion be anathema.
shall they lot 10 deserving Of the severest condemnation
As for the man whose Inspiration leads on this work. DR. White who
has given of his time am who has dedicated his talents to its accoppusb-
ment. N who In other way has reflected honor and fame Dor tbe state
does h 10 not stand out a. the foremost either. is greatest LIVING son in free
'erVce md Ioyh devotion to Its Interests and the proclainIng herald Of its
hish destiny among the shtThood OF he Nation