Excerpt from Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Wyoming: And Portions of Contiguous Territories, (Being a Second Annual Report of Progress, ) Conducted Under the Authority of the Secretary of the Interior Sir: In accordance with your instructions dated July 15, 1870, I have the honor to present the* second annual report of progress of the United States geological survey of the Territories, conducted under your direction during the present season. 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.