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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ical relations and in their chemical constituents. The quantity of salt
which can be made in south-eastern Ohio can hardly be computed. We
can supply the Republic with salt.
The production of salt in the Muskingum valley, from estimates obtained from Hon. A. A. Guthrie, Collector of Revenue in the 13th District, is from 45,000 to 50,000 barrels per annum. This is all made on
the Muskingum river, in Muskingum and Morgan counties.
The production of salt in Athens county, as given by Hon. Jos. L.
Kessinger, Collector of Revenue for the 15th District, for the year 1869,
is 36,348 barrels. This product is made up as follows:
Barrels.
M. M. Greene & Co. (two furnaces).......................... 10,528
Hocking Valley Coal and Salt Co. (two furnaces).-.-............. 13,000
James Herrold (two furnaces).................................... 8,000
Pruden Bros.............................. 4,820
In Meigs county (as given by Mr. Kessinger) the total production for
1869, from nine furnaces, is 1,866,690 bushels of 50 lbs. each.
The total production for 1869 from the Pomeroy neighborhood, including what is made on the West Virginia bank of the Ohio river, is estimated by Hon. V. B. Horton at about 3,750,000 bushels.
The quantity made in Noble and Guernsey counties has not been definitely obtained, but it is relatively small.
The three essential elements for profitable salt-nmaking are, abundant
brine of adequate strength, cheap fuel, and cheap transportation. All
these elements are found in combination at a large nunmber of points in
the Second Geological District.
GOLD.
Gold has been taken from the drift at several points in Licking county.
In the summer of 1868, gold dust of the value of $17.00 was washed out
of fine drift material, in a little gully well up the hillside, on the farm of
Daniel Drum, Bowling Green township, Licking county, not far from a
mile north of the National Road, at Brownsville. The largest grains were
reported to be the size of a wheat grain. The above facts were reported
by Wm. Anderson, who himself washed out a small part of the gold.
I have no reason to doubt the above statements, as I have myself obtained gold at other points in Licking county. It should be noted, in
connection with the gold field near Brownsville, that there are very high
lands to the north-east, north, and north-west directions, from which the
gold-bearing sands would naturally be brought, if brought by glacial
action. The vpry high range of Flint Ridge, sweeps around the location
on the northern side, over which the drift gravel must have been forced,
if the gravel had been distributed by glaciers. On the top of Flint Ridge