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Goode, Richard Urquhart was born on December 8, 1858 in Bedford, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Sally (Urquhart Goode.
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Excerpt from Magnetic Declination: Administrative Report; Levels Above Tide; Petroleum and Natural Gas The kind assistance of the several railroads Of the State through their Presidents, and Chief Engineers, has enabled the Survey to publish the very complete lists Of levels given in Part II, as also the appendix to same at the close Of the volume. The U. S. Engineers have also contributed valuable data to this subject from the river surveys Of the War Department. The generous co-operation granted by Director Wal cott Of the U. S. G. Survey has enabled the Survey to present the people Of the State with the valuable data On magnetic variation in every county, recorded in Part III, and also the interesting discussion Of Mr. R.' U. Goode, which accompanies the same, all at a merely nominal cost to the State. 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.
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(To His Excellency, GEORGE W. ATKINSON, Governor of West V...)
To His Excellency, GEORGE W. ATKINSON, Governor of West Virginia, and President of the Geological Survey Commission. SIR :I have the honor to present herewith the first volume of the West Virginia Geological Survey. Millions of dollars are annually expended within the State in the search for petroleum and natural gas, hence the State Geologist considered that his first duty was to give to this great expenditure all the aid and direction that geology can supply. It is much to be regretted that the financial resources of the Survey would not permit of any illustrations for this volume, or even a proper discussion of the vast body of facts available in the study of questions connected with the petroleum and natural gas industries. The new State map drawn under my supervision by Mr. Morris has been published separately from this volume, and the distribution of the 3,000 copies ordered began February 4th. The active work of the survey must cease with the publication of this volume, until the Commission is provided with additional financial resources, since there remain only sufficient funds to meet the cost of publishing 3,000 copies of this report. The material for the second volume which was planned to contain the report on Coal by the State Geologist, and the Bibliographic Memoir by Prof. S. B. Brown, is practically all in hand, and could be made ready for publication at small cost, whenever funds are available. Very respectfully, I. C. WHITE, State Geologist. Morgantown, March 2O th, 1899. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been m
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Goode, Richard Urquhart was born on December 8, 1858 in Bedford, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Sally (Urquhart Goode.
He attended the University of Virginia before joining the United States. Army Corps of Engineers in 1877.
In 1879, he became a topographer with the newly created United States. Geological Survey where he worked until 1879. From 1882-1882, was attached to the Northern Transcontinental Railroad Survey as an engineer and topographer. In 1884 he rejoined the United States. Geological Survey.
In 1888, while on a leave of absence from the United States Geological Survey, served as an engineer and astronomerfor the Panama Canal Company.
In 1889, he rejoined the Survey as a geographer and was placed in charge of surveys of the Pacific Coast States - California, Oregon, and Washington. He served in that role until his death. married Sophie J. Parks of Norfolk, Virginia in 1889.
They had three children. From 1901-1903, he was the chairman of the Committee on Technical Meetings at the National Geographic Society.
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He was a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the National Geographic Society, and the Cosmos Club.
Married Sophie J. Parks, January 2, 1889.