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

'27Trigonometrical and Topographical (tepartmeut, $15,000Geological Department--Southern Division, 2,000" " " _ortheru Division, 4,000Chemical and Mineralogical department I 2,506Palmontological department, 1,500•" $25,000With this amount the topography can be extended over'the greater part of the State; the geological researches made indetail as far as the topography extends, together with a generalexamination of the remaining portion, leaving the surveyin such a condition that the entire field work of the State canhe completed in eighteen hundred and fifty-six.In the preceding pages, I have endeavored to present ageneral outline of the manner of prosecuting accurate geologicalsurveys, and of the plan upon which the survey of thisState has been commenced and carried on, the amount of timeand means for completing it, and the benefits to be expectedtherefrom• I trust that the Legislature will take the matter• fully into consideration, and that an ample appropriation willbe made towards its rapid completion. The geographical positionof the State, its varied physical aspect, geological forma.tions' and soils, demand that every acre of its territory shouldba thoroughly examined. There was a time, in the infancyof the science of gedlogy, when general investigations weredeemed sufficient to answer all practical purposes. That tim_has passed away ; economical geology has become an accuratescience, and in order that the moat beneficial results may beattained from its investigations, it must be pursued in an accuratemanner.SEQUEL TO NORTHERN DIVISION.I have devoted the greater part of my time_ from the middleof July to the first of December, to gdolo_cal examina_tions of the northern division of the State. During this timeI have made a reeonnoissance of Sussex County, and a part ofNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY