Summary Information on the State Geological Surveys & the United States Geological Survey Bulletin of the National Research Council (1932) / Chapter Skim
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Kentucky
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Oil and gas drillers and other interested parties call upon the Survey in large Lumbers, both in person and by mail or wire, for information in regard to the subsurface formations. The Geological Survey cooperates with the United States Bureau of Mines in the collection of statistics of mineral production in the State.
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All appointments are made by the State Geologist except such designations as are within the United States Civil Service brackets of the cooperative topographical survey, those appointments being made by the Director of the United States Geological Survey. Rodmen for this work are usually appointed by the State Geologist.
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Total geological funds therefore amount to $60,000 or more yearly. This Survey has $~5,000 annually of State funds for topo~ra~hic base mapping in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey.
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PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 1911 After 1911, the Hoeing Survey (1912-1918) was principally directed along economic lines, particularly in coal investigations in eastern Kentucky, but it published several general geological reports in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey.
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