Excerpt from The Geological Map of the United States and the United States Geological Survey, 1892 Preface. - This paper is published in order-to call attention to the incompetence and extravagance of an administration, bent on entailing difficulties 011 American Geology which may be perpetuated for centuries in the future. As Geologists we are all concerned in the doings of the United States Geological Survey, and on us fall the duty to ex pose the wrong already done, and to prevent, if possible, any further great blunders. 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.