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The lead, zinc, and fluorspar deposits of western Kentucky

Geography and distinctive characters. The fluorspar, lead, and zinc deposits that were the subject of the investigations reported in this paper are situated hi Livings ton, Crittenden, and Caldwell, and adjacent portions of Christian, Trigg, and Lyon counties, in western Kentucky, and in the counties immediately across the Ohio River, in the extreme southern portion of Illinois. This area, constit
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E. O. Ulrich, W.S.T. Smith

The lignite of North Dakota and its relation to irrigation

No abstract available.
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Frank Alonzo Wilder

The normal distribution of chlorine in the natural waters of New York and New England

No abstract available.
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Daniel Dana Jackson

The origin of certain place names in the United States (second edition)

No abstract available.
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Henry Gannett

The petroleum fields of the Pacific coast of Alaska, with an account of the Bering River coal deposits

This report contains the result of a hasty examination of the structural and economic geology of the localities where indications of petroleum have been found. Though only a few wells have been drilled and it is too soon to predict an important future for the region as a petroleum producer, studies have shown that there is ample justification for further prospecting and that the region may yet be
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George Curtis Martin

The plasticity of clays

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F. F. Group

The southern Appalachian forests

In examining so large an area it was found that the best results could be obtained by traversing the roads and trails and making side trips wherever necessary to cover intermediate territory. Upon the topographic maps of the Geological Survey were drawn the outlines of cleared land and the several classes of forest land as they were passed. At the same time ocular estimates of the average stand an
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H.B. Ayres, W.W. Ashe

The Triassic cephalopod genera of America

The marine Triassic section of .America is unusually complete, and its thickness compares favorably with that of any other region. All three subdivisions-Lower, Middle, and Upper Triassic--are represented by calcareous deposits, aggregating approximately 4,000 feet in thickness. Of this amount, about 800 feet belong to the Lower Triassic, about 1,000 feet to the Middle Triassic, and about 2,000 fe
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Alpheus Hyatt, J.P. Smith

The water of the Yukon

No abstract available.
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F. W. Clarke

Tonopah mining district

No abstract available.
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J. E. Spurr

Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 1904-1905

IntroductionRemarks on the work of the yearBranches of workThe United States Geological Survey was created in 1879 for the purpose—as its name implies—of examining and reporting on the geologic structure and mineral resources and products of the national domain. To the adequate description of geologic formations and structure cartography is essential, and Congress early recognized this fact by mak
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Charles D. Walcott

Underflow tests in the drainage basin of Los Angeles River

No abstract available.
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Homer Hamlin