THE DRPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, STATE OF 

 INDIANA, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 



DIVISION OF (JEOLOGY AND xNATURAL RESOURCES. 



W. X. L()G.\.\. 

 The porsoiiiiol of llic f;ool(»jiical force as at prosout organized is as follows : 

 W. \. Logan. rii.I)., Economic Geology. 

 Vj. \{. Cumniings, Pli.D., Stratigraphy and Paleontology. 

 ('. A. Malott, Ph.D., Topography and Glaciology. 

 S. S. Visher, Ph.D.. Geograjihy and Hydrology. 

 .1. R. Reeves, Laboratory Assistant and Draftsman. 

 II. W. Legge, Preparator. 



Office Force. 



B. J. Malott. A.B., Assistant Geologist and Supervisor of Natural Gas. 

 A. J. Coleman, Curator of Museum. 



Miss Alice O'Connor, Stenographer. 



Field Corps for 1919. 

 W. N. Logan S. S. Visher 



C. A. Malott J. R. Reeves 

 P. P.. Stockdale G. A. Lee 

 Willis Richardson O. H. Hughes 

 Ted .Tean Fred Call 



Topographic Corps, U. 8. G. S. 

 Oscar Jones, Topographic Engineer. 

 .7. I. Enders. Assistant Topographic Engineer. 

 Clarence Long, Chainman. 

 G. M. Rariden, Chainman. 

 ]>. C. Pitts, Rodman. 



LINES OF INVESTIGATION. 



The various lines of investigation carried on by the Division in the field 

 and laboratory include: The investigation of the origin, mode of occur- 

 rence, (lisfriliution and utilization of Indiana kaolin. The results of these 

 inxcstigations arc embodied in a rei)ort of some tlilrty thousand words 

 acc(.nii)iniicd by more than 100 maps, charts and photographs. A topd- 

 giii]»liic mail "f thirty-six .square miles in the heart of the kaolin district 

 was coniiilcted for tlie use of those desiring to develop the kaolin mining 

 industry. 



A study of the stratigraphy of the Chesti'r division of the Mississippian 

 was continued by Dr. C. A. Malott who assisted in the field work on the 

 kaolin reiwrt and later on, assisted by Mr. P. B. Stockdale made structural 

 maps of portions of Jennings, Orange, and Pike counties and investigated 

 oil conditions in Pike County. 



One of the tasks assigned the Division by the passage at the last 

 General Assembly of the Con.servation laws was that of determining the 



