Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Structural and Economic Geology of Missouri: Bureau of Geology and Mines Having collected a large amount of information that is new and interesting to practical men, my aim was to have made this the most valuable report issued by this survey. But the correspondence of the office became such a burden during the winter months that nearly all of my time was thus consumed. A severe affliction came upon me in the meantime, and I have had very little time to put on the report. Yet, not withstanding the unfavorable conditions under which it was written, 1 feel some pride in submitting this preliminary re port to the people of Missouri. When the reader has read it and analyzed it, he will doubtless conclude that we have been going directly after fundamental facts in Missouri geology. Proceeding on the plan, outlined in the Biennial Report for 1897 the Survey is getting the information first and reporting it afterwards. 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.