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1897. Geological corps: Samuel Calvin, State geologist; H. F. 

 Bain, assistant geologist; special assistants, W. H. Norton, S. W. 

 Beyer, J. L, Tilton, N. E. Newman. 



1898. Geological corps: Samuel Calvin, State geologist; H. F. 

 Bain, assistant geologist; special assistants, J. B. Weems (chemist), 

 S. W. Beyer, W. H. Norton, J. A. Udclen, N. E. Newman. 



1899. Geological corps: Samuel Calvin, State geologist; II. F. 

 Bain, assistant geologist ; special assistants, J. B. Weems, S. W. Beyer, 

 W. H. Norton, J. A. Udclen, T. H. Macbride, F. A. Wilder, B. L. Mil- 

 ler, T. J. Savage. I. A. Williams, N. E. Newman. 



1900. Geological corps: Samuel Calvin, State geologist; A. G. 

 Leonard, assistant geologist; special assistants, J. B. Weems, S. 

 W. Beyer, W. H. Norton, J. A. Udden, T. H. Macbride, F. A. Wilder, 

 B. L. Miller, T. J. Savage, I. A. William.s, N. E. Newman. 



As the law provided, the survey was under direction of a board, 

 which appointed the State geologist and such expert assistants as 

 he might recommend. 



Salaries and exj)enses. — The salary of the geologist, who is also pro- 

 fessor of geology in the State university, is $800 ; that of the assist- 

 ant geologist, $i,500. The appropriation for 1892 was $10,000 and 

 for 1893 to 1900, $5,000 annually; a total of $50,000. 



PuhUcafioiis. — Eleven volumes of reports were issued, beginning 

 with 1892, up to 1900. The size of the editions was 3,000 volumes, 

 of which 2,000 volumes were bound in cloth and 1,000 volumes in 

 paper. The cost of th.ese issues was as follows: Volume I, Annual 

 Report for 1892, $2,600; Volume IT, Special Report on Coal, and Vol- 

 ume III, Annual Report for 1893, $5,800 ; Volume IV, Annual Report 

 for 1894, $3,G00; Volume V, Annual Report for 1895, and Volume VI, 

 Special Report on Artesian Wells, $5,250 ; Volume VII, Annual Re- 

 port for 1896, $3,750; Volume VIII, Annual Report for 1897, $3,750; 

 Volume IX, Annual Report for 1898, $4,200; Volume X, Annual 

 Report for 1899, $5,400 ; Volume XI, Annual Report for 1900, $4,200. 



KANSAS. 



FIRST SURVEY UNDER BENJAMIN F. MUDGE, 1864-1865. 



Prior to 1864 the little that was known of the geology of Kansas 

 was due to the disconnected and often hasty notes by members of 

 various exploring expeditions, as those of Long, 1819-20, Fremont, 

 1842-1844, Stansbury, 1849, and Messrs. Swallow, Hawn, and F. B. 

 Meek in 1858. In 1864 the matter of a systematic survey was taken 

 up through the medium of the following act, the passage of which is 

 said to have been instigated chiefly by Benjamin F. Mudge, who be- 

 came the first State geologist : 



