Excerpt from Reports of Wm. A. Burt and Bela Hubbard, Esqs., On the Geography, Topography and Geology of the U. S. Surveys of the Mineral Region of the South Shore of Lake Superior, for 1845: Accompanied by a List of Working and Organized Mining Companies, A List of Mineral Locations, By Whom Made, and a Correct Map of the Mineral Region, Delineating the Township and Section Lines, and Their Connection With the Location LinesBy contract with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, un der date of June 1844, the late dr. Douglass Hovcm'os as re quired to' make both a linear and geological survey of a section of country bordering on the south shore of Lake Superior. He was engaged in this work, which was nearly completed, at the time of his lamented death. As administratms of his estate, we have caused the field notes and papers connected with the survey, as far as completed, to be carefully ex amined, and the accompanying reports of Mr. Wm. A. Bart, and Mv. B. Hubbard, to be prepared. Mr. Burt, who was the principal assistant of Dr. Houghton in the field, reports in fall as to the geology and topography of that portion of the country surveyed by him, and Mr. Hubbard, Assistant State Geologist of this State, and whom we employed for that purpose, has prepared a like full report upon the remainder of the surveyed territory. From the field notes of the survey and the specimens collected. We here with submit these repot'ts to you, Wlth the field notes and other papers, See. The linear survey, as far the work has progressed. Is complete. It could not have been expected that the information, contained in the reports, in relation to the geology of the country, would be as complete and as accurate in detail, as it would have been, could they have been prepared by Dr. Houghton himself, who had, for many years, been zealously engaged in the investigation and study of the peculiar formations of this region. Enough, however, will appear, to enable the Government to appreciate, both the advantages, and the perfect feasibility, of the plan of connecting geological with the linear surveys of government lands, as originally proposed and zealously advocated by Dr. Houghton.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.