WRITINGS OF F. B. MEEK AND JAMES HALL. 13 



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Meek, F. B. Mr. Meek's report on Mouiteau Couuty. <^The first and second annual 

 reports of the geological survey of Missouri, by G. C. Swallow, State geologist. 

 Part II. PP.96-11T. Jefterson City, 1855. 



CONTENTS OF THE HEPORT. 



Page. 



Quateinary <leposits 96 



Carlionit'fious .system. — Knciinital lime.stone 98 



Cbenninjr group 101 



Dsvonian sysreni. — Upper Helderlierg. — Onondaga limestone 103 



Lower Silurian strata: 



Sacclia-oidal sandstone 105 



Second niacnesian limestone 106 



Economical geology; 



Soil 109 



Building stones .. 110 



Fire-stones, limestones foi lime 110 



Sand for making mortar, hydraulic limestone, millstones, materials for the con- 

 struction of roads, clays for the manufacture of bricks Ill 



Coal 112 



Iron ore 115 



Lead 115 



High-'Point Mine 117 



Mr. Meek also drew the figures illustrating the paleontological report in this volume. A 

 geological map of the county is also given. - 



Hall, James, and Meek, F. B Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Creta- 

 ceous formations of Nebraska; with observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. 

 compressus, and the progressive development of the septa iu Baculites, Ammo- 

 nites, and Scaphites. <^Mem. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. v, new ser., ]ip. 379- 

 411, H plates. I8.')(5. Cambridge, I85f). 



The fossils described iu this paper were collected iu 1853 by F. B. Meek and F. V. Hayden. 



The paper was communicated June 27. 1854, but wa.s not published till 1856. 



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Callianassa danai. u s., H. & M., 1856, pi. i, tig. la, i^ 379-380 



Lingula iuhgpatulafa, n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. i, flg.s. 2 a, b 380 



Caprinella coraloidea, n. s., H. &, M., 1856, pi. ii. tis.s. 3 a-f 380-381 



Peeten rigida,-n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. ii, figs. 4a-c 381 



Avicida haydeni, n. a., H. & M., 1856, pi. i, fig.s. 5 a, 6 ^ 382 



Lucina subundafa, n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. i, figs. 6 a, b 382 



Cytherra orbiculata,n. s , H. & M., 18.50, pi. i, fig. 7 382-383 



Cijtherp.a tenuis, ii. s., H. & M., 18.56, pi. i, figs. 8 a-c 383 



Crassatella evansii, u. s. , H. & M., 1856, pi. i, figs. 9 a~e 383-384 



Peetunculus nunixensh, n. s., H. & M., 1856, i>l. i, fig. 12 384 



Nucula subnagutn. n. s., IT. & M., 1850, pi. i, figs. 10 a-c. .. . , 384-385 



Nueula ventrieosa, n. s., H. & M., 1850, pi. i, fig. '\\a,b 385 



Capulun occidentalw, n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. i, fig. 13 a-d 385-386 



Inoeeramvs Kublcenig, n. s., H. & M.. 1856, pi. ii, fig. 1 a, 6 386 



Inoceram.us eonmxus, n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. ii, fig. 2 «, b 386-387 



Tnoceramus tenuilineatui, n. s , H. & M., 1856, pi. ii, fig. 3 a, & 387 



Inoceramus cimradi, n. s., H. 6c M., 1856, pi. ii, fig. 5 «, & 387-388 



Inoceramim franilig. n. s., H. & M., 1856, jd. ii, figs. 6 a, 6 388 



Natica obliqnata, n. s., H. & M., 1856, i)l. iii, figs. 1 a, 6 389 



Xatica concinna, u. s., H. &, M., I8.36, ])1. iii, tigs. 2 a-d 389 



Natlc'i paludi>imf»nnis,n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. iii, fig. 3 o-c : 389-390 



Acteon concinnus, n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. iii, figs. 4 o-d 390 



Bnccinum ? vinculum, n. s., H. & M.. 1856, pi. iii, figs. 5 a-6 390-391 



FusuH shumardii. n. s., H. & M., 1856, pi. iii, figs. 6 a-c 391 



Fugus congf rictus, n. s., II. & M.. 1 856, ])1. iii, figs. 7 a-d 391-392 



Fusus.? tenullineata, n. s., H. & M. 18.56, pi. iii, figs. 8 a-c and 9 a-c 392 



Rostellaria fiislfi)rmis, n. s , H. & M., 1856, pi. iii, fig. 10 a, 6 393 



Dentalium [iiarHu;n. s., IT. .t M., 18.56, pi. iii, fig. 11 a-c 393 



