Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Preliminary Report on the Peat Resources of Iowa: And a Report on the Tests of Iowa Coals Made by the Government Coal-Testing Plant at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo;, 1904
For some time the Director of the Iowa Geological Survey has been planning a systematic study of the peat deposits of the state, but until recently this has been deferred owing to the pressure of other lines of work that seemed to be more imperative. However, the investigation was taken up during the summer of 1905, and the field work was assigned to Mr. L. H. Wood, under the supervision and with the assistance of the State Geologist.
A thorough examination of the individual marshes was undertaken to locate those that were productive, to learn the extent and the depth and the quality of the peat which they contain, and to collect samples from the several deposits from which analyses and tests could be made.
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