In Adapting ourselves To Physical Environment It Has Been Necessary To
Learn Something about The Earth. Mainly Within The Last Century Has This
Knowledge Been Organized into The Science Of Geology, And Only Within
The Last Few Decades Have The Complex And Increasing demands Of Modern
Civilization Required the Applications Of Geology To Practical Uses,
Resulting in the Development Of The Science Generally Known As _Economic
Geology_. This Science Is Not Sharply Marked off From The Science Of
Geology Proper; Almost Any Phase Of Geology May At Some Time Or Some
Place Take On Its Economic Aspect.