Excerpt from Geological Survey of Alabama: Circular No; 1 Documents Showing the Nature of the Work Done by the U. S. Geological Survey in the States Wasutncron, D C., dec. 19, 1894. Prior. E. A. Smlth. University, Ala dear Sm - In reply to your letter of December 16, I beg to mv that the U. S. Geological Survey is not engaged in the same geologic work as the State Survey, and that it will be many years before the Survey of Alabama by the National Survey will be completed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.