Lanterna Rally

Author: West Virginia Geological Survey

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 9781330641095

Excerpt from Wirt, Roane and Calhoun Counties To His Excellency, Hon. William E. Glasscock, Governor of West Virginia, and President, West Virginia Geological Survey Commission: Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Detailed County Report and accompanying geologic, topographic and soil maps, on the counties of Calhoun, Roane and Wirt prepared by Assistant Ray V. Hennen. Like all of Mr. Hennen's work this Report exhibits careful and thorough investigation as well as skill in marshaling his facts and detailed observations so as to render them easily understood and readily available to the average reader, the farmer, the mechanic and those who may be unacquainted with the technical language of geology. The under-ground wealth of this area consists largely of petroleum and natural gas deposits, since aside from sandstone, brick clays and shales, the only other mineral occurring in commercial quantity within this district is coal, and it is both limited in quantity and poor in quality, since by far the larger portion of these three counties is within the zone of the barren coal area of the State. True, there appear to be some small areas of deep lying coal in Calhoun and Roane, probably belonging to the Kanawha Series, but neither the thickness nor quality of these deeply buried coal beds can be determined accurately by the oil well drill, and hence their quantity can be only approximated. The greatest and most enduring source of natural wealth for this district lies in the soils which have been studied, described and mapped by the soil experts of the United States Department of Agriculture. 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.