Series 245: Geological Reports. ca. 1870. Geological Survey (RG 22).

Assistant State Geologist Eugene A. Smith’s handwritten, narrative report entitled "Report of a Geological Reconnoissance [sic] of parts of the counties of Yazoo, Issaquena, Washington, Holmes, Bolivar, Tallahatchie, Coahoma, Mississippi, during the months of October and November 1870.” The author states “the object of an excursion in the fall of 1870 was the examination of the geological relations of as much of the Yazoo Bottom as could be visited before the setting in of the winter rains.” The report consists of approximately 54 small journal pages with occasional tables, lists, and drawings.