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Cragin, F. W. Some Geological and Topographical Features of South- 

 ern Kansas. Vol. VIII, No. 12, April, 1885. (A H). 



Holder, Chas. F. Monster Sea-turtle found in Kansas. Vol. IX, p. 333. 

 (A H). 

 Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Vol. I, New York, 1890. Con- 

 tains (p. 26) remarks of R. Hay on the absence of lignite under Kansas 

 prairie in certain localities as illustrating pressure. (A). 



Vol. II, Rochester. 1891. On p. 19, H. S. Williams refers to Kansas Car- 

 boniferous formations, and on p. 518, R. T. Hill refers to Cragin on the 

 Kansas Cretaceous. (A). 



Vol. Ill, Rochester, 1892. Contains, on page 80, remarks of G. C. Broad- 

 head on black soils in Kansas, and on p. 519 a contribution to the geology 

 of the great plains, by Robert Hay, which describes the Tertiary deposits 

 of western Kansas and their relation to subjacent Cretaceous. (A). 



Vol. VI, Rochester, 1894. Contains (p. 29) Kansas river section of the 

 Permo-carboniferous and Permian rocks of Kansas, by Chas. S. Prosser. 

 (A). 

 Manual of Geology, by J. D. Dana. 2d Ed., New York, 1876. 



Treats of Kansas Carboniferous, pp. 291-320; Permian, 356; Trlassic, 

 423; Chalk and Cretaceous, 455-6. (A). 

 Elements of Geology, by Joseph LeConte. New York, 1879. 



Treats of Kansas coal measures, p. 339; Permian, 402; Jura-trias, 440; 

 Cretaceous, 551. 

 Text Book of Geology, by Sir Archibald Geikie, illustrated. London, 1885. 



Refers (p. 818) to Odontornithes, or toothed birds from the Cretaceous 

 beds of Kansas, and gives Marsh's figures of Hesperornis regalis and 

 Ichthyornis victor. 

 An American Geological Railway Guide. 2d Ed., by James McFarlane, Ph. D. 

 New York,. 1890. The geology on the Kansas railways is supplied by Prof. 

 Orestes St. John. 

 Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia, New York, 1886. Vol. IV, p. 552, article 

 "Kansas" has half a column on "Geology and Mineralogy", which credits 

 the state with Coal Measures, Permian Triassic, Cretaceous, and Drift 

 formations, but blunders on the thickness of the coal seams. (A H S). 

 Encyclopedia Britannica, R. S. Peale reprint, Chicago, 1892. Vol. XIII, p. 

 842, article "Kansas", has half a column under "Geology and Minerals," 

 which is inaccurate and not up to date. (S). 



Vol. X, p. 352, article "Geology," refers to Permian in Kansas. 

 Appleton's New American Cyclopedia, New York, 1871, Vol. X, article "Kan- 

 sas," relates entirely to territorial times when Pike's Peak was "the 

 highest mountain in Kansas." The only definite geological allusion that 

 is correct for the state now is that the Missouri coal fields extend into 

 Kansas. (S). 

 Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia. Vol. II, 1877, p. 416, records discovery of lead. 

 (S). 



Vol. VI, 1881, p. 468, gives product of coal from census of 1880. (S). 

 Vol. XV, 1890, p. 68, article "New finds of Salt," mentions those in Reno 

 Co., Kansas. (S). 

 Chambers's Encyclopedia, Chicago and New York, 1886. Vol. IV, p. 57, article 

 "Kansas," says "Coal, lignite, lead, marble, kaolin, gypsum and salt are 

 among the minerals" of the state. (S). 



Article "Kansas River," says Republican fork rises in the Rocky moun- 

 tains. 



