Oct. 1900. Annual Report of the Director. 465 



Purchases: 



1 specimen Wulfenite — New Mexico. 

 4 specimens Norway minerals. 



21 mineral specimens — chiefly from Australia. 



32 specimens Mexican fossils and minerals. 

 Relief map of Chicago and vicinity. 



1,359 specimens of invertebrate fossils — mostly from vicinity of Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



00 specimens invertebrate fossils — Kansas and Nebraska. 



7 specimens minerals — Black Hills and Kansas. 



725 specimens Paleozic fossils — chiefly from southern Illinois. 

 10 specimens miscellaneous minerals and rocks — Southern Illinois. 

 FISKE, JOHN, AND CASTLE, EDWARD. 



2 quartz geodes — shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago. 

 GARDNER, L. R., Gillett, Colo. 



3 specimens gold ore — Gillett, Colo. 

 HARRISON, E. J., 1062 Millard avenue, Chicago. 



4 specimens cave formations — Crystal Cave, South Dakota. 

 HENDERSON, L. R., Viola, Wyo. 



2 specimens Graphite — Wyoming. 

 ILLINOIS STEEL CO., Chicago. 



33 prints of photographs in and around steel works. 

 INSTITUTE DE MINES, St. Petersburg, Russia. 



4 specimens Indarch, Augustinowka and Krasnoyarsk meteorites (ex- 

 change). 

 JOHNSON, W. L., 703 Fisher Building, Chicago. 



1 specimen Chalcopyrite — Wyoming. 



1 specimen Chalcopyrite and Cuprite — Wyoming. 



1 specimen Chalcopyrite and Bornite— Wyoming. 



1 specimen Bornite — Wyoming. 

 KUNTZE, OTTO, Iowa City, Iowa. 



13 mineral specimens (exchange). 

 LYMAN, J. R., Bakersfield, Mo. 



1 specimen " sand carbonate " zinc ore from the Gordon & Gregg mines 

 — Blei, Ozark County, Mo. 

 McKAY, W. J., 4737 Calumet avenue, Chicago. 



3 specimens Chrysocolla — Torpedo Mine, New Mexico. 

 MILWAUKEE CEMENT CO., Milwaukee Wis. 



8 specimens illustrating the manufacture of cement. 

 MORONEY, JOHN J., Temple Court Building, Chicago. 



23 specimens dry press briquettes, 5 specimens stiff mud briquettes, 7 

 specimens sand-mold briquettes, 10 specimens clays — United States 

 and Europe. 

 3 specimens briquettes. 4 specimens brick clays. 

 1 specimen copper ore — near Baltimore, Md. 

 MORRILL, HON. CHAS. H., Lincoln, Neb. 



3 specimens volcanic ash from localities in Nebraska. 

 NOTLA CONSOLIDATED MARBLE, IRON AND TALC CO., Kinsey, N. C. 



1 specimen talc — Kinsey, N. C. 

 NEWARK TECHNICAL SCHOOL, Newark, N. J. 



6 specimens Apophyllite, Heulandite and Stilbite— West Paterson, N. J. 



(exchange). 

 3 specimens miscellaneous minerals (exchange). 

 NICHOLAS, FRANCIS G., 43 Cedar street, New York City. 



1 specimen schist associated with gold placer deposits — United States of 



Colombia. 

 OLIVER, O. A., 57 Washington street, Chicago. 



2 specimens peat — Gardenplain, 111. 



2 specimens peat soil — Gardenplain, 111. 



