NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...

i3year 7a further appropriation of two thousand dollars yeasmade.March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, twothousand dollars more were appropriated ; and on the twentyseventhof February, eighteen hundred and thirty-_ight, twothousand copies of a final report were ordered to be publishedat eighty,seven cents each. This repo_ containing threehundred aud one pages, together with a geological map, waspublished in eighteen hundred and forty, and embraces a generaloutline of the geological formations of the State, withanalyses of some of the rocks, greensand, and fresh water" marls and calcareous tufas, also some general observations on "their application to agriculture and the arts.The survey of Professor Rogers was as minute and detailedas the circumstances and the early day of geological sciencewould allow ; and when we take into consideration the meagremeans placed at his disposal, and the short space of time allottedforthc accomplishment of the work, we can do no lessthan say, that the outlines of the different formations were accuratelydefined, and a vast amount of Useful information respectingthe natural resources of the State presented, resultingin great public benefit, and had the people more generallyavailed themselves of it, would have been of still greater benefitto them in' their agricultural, architectural, and many other,_ pursuits of life.Previous to the survey of Professor Rogers I local examinationsto some extent had been made chiefly in the mineral regionsof the northern part of the State, and in the marls of thesouthern section. Among those who took the most activepart in the researches at that time, were Dr. Samuel Fowler, .of:Franklin, Sussex County, who published several articles inS]lliman's Journal, on the mineralogy and geology of SussexCounty ; Prof. Nutall, Messrs. Vanuxem, Kcating, and others,who_ from time to time, contributed papers to Silliman's Journal,and the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 6fPhiladelphia. Dr. Morton and Mr. T. A. Conrad, of Philadelphia,had .very thoroughly examined a_ad_:leseribed the fossilsof the southern section of the State. The published results ofNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY