Excerpt from Applied Geology: A Treatise on the Industrial Relations of Geological Structure Meanwhile an immense amount Of work has been done in revealing the geological structure of the American Continent, and in making known its rich and varied resources - a work in which many independent investigators and explorers have added much of value to the information gained by the various State and national surveys. The knowledge thus acquired of the existence, the nature, the abundance, and the distribution of substances of practical utility, as well as of the important relations which are sustained by geological structure to hu man well-being and to the successful pursuit of many important callings, is scattered so widely in geological reports, in scientific and technical jour nals, and in the transactions of learned associations, as to be in a great measure inaccessible to the stu dent and the practical man, unless a large library is at hand and abundant leisure to consult it. It seems evident, therefore, that there is need of a treatise such as this aims to be, which, avoiding minute detail, shall give a systematic and compre hensive account of the most important relations which geology sustains to human interests. 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.