Excerpt from Geological Report on the Mine La Motte Estate: The Property of Hon. Rowland Hazard, Situated in Madison County, Missouri; With Accompanying Map and Diagrams Dear Sir To make clear the position, character, and extent of the deposits of lead ore on the Mine la Motte tract. 1 will first describe the general geology of the tract. It is shown in detail on the general map accompanying this report. But its principal features fall more readily under one view in the accompanying Diagram No. I and Section No. 1. The rocks exposed on the estate and in the neighborhood are comprised in five distinctly-marked groups, as shown in Section No. I: but these groups are naturally classed in two great divisions, one, comprising the lowest group only, consists of crystalline rocks (with stratification obscured, if any exists), and the other, comprising the three higher groups. Consists of distinctly stratified rocks. 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.