Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist. Part II. Report of progress in the second district, by E. B. Andrews, assist. geologist. Part III. Report on geology of Montgomery County, by Edward Orton, assist. geologist.

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These gentlemen entered upon their duties during the following spring,
and the results of their summer's work were embodied in the "First
Annual Report on the Geology of Ohio" (8vo. pp. 134), presented to the
Legislature at the ensuing session, and immediately published.
This report includes records of geological reconnoisances by Prof.
Mather, Dr. Hildreth and Mr. Briggs, and preliminary reports on zoology
by Prof. Kirtland, and on topography by Col. Whittlesey. Prof. Locke,
having spent the summer in Europe, took no part in the geological work
of the corps during the first year, and fBade no report.
In the succeeding summer the work of the Geological Survey was continued under the same organization. The observations made during this
season were presented, and published in a report of 286 8vo. pages, entitled "The Second Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the State
of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, 1837." This volume includes reports of W. W.
Mather, pp. 30, Col. Whittlesey, pp. 32, Mr. Foster, pp. 36, Prof. Briggs,
pp. 47, Prof. Kirtland, pp. 46, and Dr. Locke, pp. 86; and contains much
valuable information in regard to the geological structure and mineral
resources of the State.
In consequence of the financial panic of 1837, and the paralysis of
business that followed, it was considered necessary to diminish in every
possible way the public expenditure, and, accordingly, the Legislature of
1838-9 made no appropriation for the continuation of the Geological Survey, and it was at once suspended. However plausible the arguments in
favor of such a step may have appeared, there are comparatively few of
our citizens who do not now feel that it was dictated by a short-sighted
policy. The benefit derived by the State from the geological reconnoisance-for it was little more-made by the State Board, conclusively
demonstrated that the Geological Survey was a producer and not a consumer; that it added far more than it took from the public treasury, and
therefore deserved special encouragement and support, as a wealth-producing agency, in our darkest financial hour.
By the arrest of the work of the Geological Cqrps, the development of
our mineral resources was not entirely stopped, but it was greatly retarded
and thrown from public into private hands. During the thirty years that
elapsed before a new Geological Survey was organized, much was done
by private parties in the investigation of the geology and economic value
of certain tracts and districts of the State. Careful surveys of mining
properties, elaborate analysis of coal, iron, &c., &c., were made at private
cost, and there is very little doubt that for such investigations, in the
long interval of time I have designated, more money was paid than would
have sufficed to complete the public survey begun in 1837. All the information thus gained was, however, monopolized by.those who paid for it,
and instead of enlightening, the landholder as to the abundance and
value of the minerals his farm or tracts contained, it oftener served the