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water Problem in Southeastern Michigan, and Notes on Certain Large Springs of the 

 Ozark Region, Missouri and Arkansas, by M. L. Fuller; Drainage of Ponds into 

 Drilled Wells, by R. E. Horton; Water Resources of the Catatonk Area, New York, 

 by E. M. Kindle; Water Resources of the Pawpaw and Hancock Quadrangles, West Vir- 

 ginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, by < t. W. Stose and G. C. Martin; Water Resources 

 of the Nicholas Quadrangle, West Virginia, by G. H. Ashley; Water Resources of 

 the Mineral Point Quadrangle, Wisconsin, by U. S. Grant; Water Resources of the 

 Joplin District, Missouri-Kansas, by W. S. T. Smith; Water Resources of the Wins- 

 low Quadrangle, Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue; Water Resources of the Contact 

 Region Between the Paleozoic and Mississippi Embayment Deposits in Northern 

 Arkansas, by A. H. Purdue; Water Resources of the Portsmouth-York Region, New 

 Hampshire and Maine, by G. 0. Smith; Water Supplies at Waterloo, Iowa, by 

 W. H. Norton; Water Supply from Glacial Gravels near Augusta, Me., by G. O. 

 Smith; Water Supply from the Delta Type of Sand Plain, by W. O. Crosby; Waters 

 of a Gravel-filled Valley near Tully, N. Y., by G. B. Hollister; and Notes on Cer- 

 tain Hot Springs of the Southern United States, by W. H. Weed. 



Concise summaries of the papers are given. 



The underground waters of Mississippi — a preliminary report, W. N. Logan 

 and W. R. Perkins {Mississippi Sta. Bui. 89, pp. 112, Jigs. 23). — This is a preliminary 

 report on the underground waters of Mississippi, embodying "present knowledge of 

 the depth at which potable underground waters may be obtained in different parts 

 of the State; the known and probable artesian areas of the State, and the chemical 

 properties of the underground waters in various parts of the State." 



The bulletin discusses precipitation and streams as sources of underground water 

 supply, describes the drainage basins of Mississippi and the geological position and 

 character of the water-bearing strata of the State, classifies the underground waters 

 with reference to chemical position, and outlines the principal artesian areas of the 

 State. 



"The principal drainage areas of the State are: The Tombigbee basin, drained by 

 the upper part of the Tombigbee River and its branches; the Pascagoula basin, 

 drained by the Pascagoula River, which is formed by the conjunction of the Leaf 

 River and the Chickasawhay River; the Pearl River basin, draining to the Gulf 

 through Lake Borgne; the Big Black basin, draining to the Mississippi (the smallest 

 of the basins); the Yazoo basin, draining to the Cold water, the Tallahatchie, the 

 Yallobusha, and the Yazoo, and entering the Mississippi, which receives the drain- 

 age of the western part of the State." 



The underground waters are classified as follows: " (1) Mississippi bottoms. — The 

 water from this region is on the whole carbonate, sodium carbonate predominating. 

 (2) Tombigbee basin. — The waters of this basin belong to the soft-water group. 

 The amount of solid matter usually falls below 10 gr. per gallon. (3) The northeast 

 prairie region. — These waters are chlor-carbonate. There is a predominance of 

 sodium carbonate and sodium chlorid. (4) The Chickasawhay basin.— The waters 

 of this basin are carbonate waters. (5) The Gulf Coast.— The waters of the Gulf 

 Coast are chlor-carbonate. Sodium chlorid is the predominant mineral. (6) Other 

 parts of the State. — The waters from other parts of the State may be classed in gen- 

 eral as soft." 



The principal artesian areas are as follows: " (1) The northeastern deep-well area 

 including the Tombigbee artesian basin; (2) the eastern deep- well area including 

 the Chickasawhay and Leaf River artesian basins; (3) the southern deep-well area 

 including the Gulf Coast and lower Pearl River artesian basins; (4) the northwest- 

 ern deep-well area including the Mississippi bottoms and upper Pearl River artesian 

 basins." 



Subartesian water supply, W. G. Cox (Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 16 (1905), No. 10, 

 pp. 996-1002, Jigs. 2). — This article describes methods and machinery used in boring 



