Oct. 1898. Annual Report ok thk Director. 299 



Collected by O. C. Farrington : 



2 specimens of weathered limestone. 



4 specimens of Trenton fossils. 



115 specimens of gold ore, gypsum, lignite, building stones, minerals, fos- 

 sil leaves, brachiopods, corals and miscellaneous specimens — Black 

 Hills, S. D., and Buffalo, Wyo. 



143 specimens of golden Calcite with Barite, Calcite crystals, Geodes, 

 Baculites, Scaphites, etc. 

 Collected by O. C. Farrington and H. W. Nichols : 



15 specimens, series of beach pebbles — Chicago. 

 Collected by O. C. Farrington and E. S. Riggs : 



About 250 specimens of Vertebrate fossils-^Bad Lands, S. D. 

 Collected by H. W. Nichols: 



9 specimens of brick clay, slags, soils, etc. 



Large group of Octahedral, Galena and Sphalerite. 



Large group of crystallized Calcite. 



53 specimens of zinc and lead ores with their associated minerals. 



119 specimens of zinc and lead ores and associated minerals of Joplin, 

 I\Io., and vicinity. 



12 specimens of raw, treated and burned clays. 



9 specimens of sub-carboniferous fossils. 



1 specimen of spherical siliceous concretion. 

 Purchases : 



2 specimens of Rhodochrosite (purchased from Maynard Bixby, Salt 



Lake City, Utah). 



11 casts of meteorites (purchased from D. Brucciani «fc Co., 40 Russell 



street, London, England). 



5 mineral specimens. Amber Aphrosiderite, Quartz and Amethyst (pur- 



chased from Lydia A. Dexter, 2920 Calumet Ave., Chicago). 

 I petrified egg (purchased from Kelley Robinson, Dakota City, S. D.). 

 Full-sized section of Sacramento Mts. meteorite, weight 2,330 grammes 



(purchased from A. E. Foote, 1317 Arch St., Philadelphia Pa.). 

 22 specimens of carboniferous fossils, ferns and calamites (purchased 



from John Keay, 6009 La Salle St., Chicago). 

 I specimen of Basalt containing native iron — Disco Island, Greenland 



(purchased from Hugh J. Lee, Meriden, Conn.). 



12 specimens of Barite, Smithsonite, Limonite, etc. (purchased from G. 



W. Taylor, 984 63d St., Chicago). 

 Head and portion of skeleton of Elotherium sp., i Placenticeras Placenta, 

 18 inches in diameter (purchased from Charles F. Thompson, Plym- 

 outh, Ind.). 



1 iron meteorite, weight 540 grammes (purchased from H. R. Voth, 



Keams Caiion, Arizona). 



2 sections of Roebourne and Mungindi meteorites (purchased from Henry 



A. Ward, 620 Division St., Chicago.). 

 Full-sized section of San Angelo (Texas) meteorite, weight 1,501 grammes. 

 Full-sized section of Tonganoxie (Kansas) meteorite, weight 264 

 grammes (purchased from Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 

 Rochester, N. Y.). 

 FITCH, A. B., Magdalena, New Mexico. 

 Large specimen of Aurichalcite. 

 FULTON, J. L., Chicago. 



2 fragments from thigh bone of Mastodon. 



GEORGIA MARBLE CO., Tate, Pickens Co., Ga. 



4 polished slabs of varieties of Georgia marbles. 



GOODELL, ROBERT WOOD, Houghton, Mich. 



I specimen of petrified fish, Miojilosus sp. — Wyoming. 



GUION, G. MURRAY, iii E. 47th St., Chicago. 



Block showing chert, bedded with limestone — Joliet, 111. 



HAFER, C. C, 911 W. Adams St., Chicago. 



44 specimens of Brachiopods, Gasteropods, Lamellibranchs and Bryozoa 

 from the Trenton Shales, near Lake Street Bridge, Minneapolis, Minn 



