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THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, STATE OF 
INDIANA, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 
DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 
W. N. LOGAN. 
The personnel of the geological force as at present organized is as follows: 
W. N. Logan, Ph.D., Economic Geology. 
HH. R. Cummings, Ph.D., Stratigraphy and Paleontology. 
C. A. Malott, Ph.D., Topography and Glaciology. 
S. S. Visher, Ph.D., Geography and Hydrology. 
J. R. Reeves, Laboratory Assistant and Draftsman. 
H. W. Legge, Preparator. 
Office Foree. 
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. B. Stockdale G. A. Lee 
Willis Richardson O. H. Hughes 
Ted Jean Fred Call 
Topographic Corps, U. S. G. S. 
Oscar Jones, Topographic Engineer. 
J. I. Enders, Assistant Topographic Engineer. 
Clarence Long, Chainman. 
G. M. Rariden, Chainman. 
L. 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 oceur- 
rence, distribution and utilization of Indiana kaolin. The results of these 
investigations are embodied in a report of some thirty thousand words 
accompanied by more than 100 maps, charts and photographs. A_ topo- 
graphic map of thirty-six square miles in the heart of the kaolin district 
was completed for the use of those desiring to develop the kaolin mining 
industry. 
A study of the stratigraphy of the Chester division of the Mississippian 
was continued by Dr. C. A. Malott who assisted in the field work on the 
kaolin report 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 Conservation laws was that of determining the 
