Excerpt from Mines and Minerals of Washington, 1891: Annual Report Gentlemen - Herewith find my annual report, as the first state geologist of the State of Washington. In submitting this report for your consideration, and possibly for dissemination throughout the state, I beg leave first to call your attention to the following facts. 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 techlogy 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.