30 A Bihliography of the Geology, etc., of California. 



Thirteenth Report (Third Biennial) of the State Mineralogist, 

 for the two years ending September 15, 1896. Sacra- 

 mento, 1896. 725 pp. Maps and illustrations. 



This report contains articles on antimony, argentiferous galena, 

 asphalt and bituminous rocks, borax, chromic iron, coal, copper, 

 gold, gj'psum, magnesite, manganese, and mineral springs of the 

 several counties ; also articles on the mining and irrigating ditches, 

 artesian wells, etc., natural gas, petroleum, quicksilver, structural 

 materials, miscellaneous, etc. 



The Appendix contains articles as follows : Preservation of struc- 

 tural timber, by John D. Isaacs ; Petroleum, its origin in Califor- 

 nia, etc., by F. Salathe ; Oil as fuel in Los Angeles, by W. L. 

 Watts ; Reference to the Mother Lode, by Harold W. Fairbanks ; 

 Electric power transmission plants in California, by W. F. G. 

 Hasson ; etc. 



Bulletin No. 10. San Francisco, September, 1896. A bibliog- 

 raphy relating to the geology, palaeontology, and mineral 

 resources of California; by Anthony W. Vogdes. Sac- 

 ramento, 1896. 121 pp. 



The author gives a brief synopsis of the geological contents of 

 each work mentioned, and a catalogue of the fossils. The book 

 contains also a republication of the first article on the geology of 

 California, that of San Francisco Bay, published in Beechey's Nar- 

 rative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Behring Strait in 1831. 



Bulletin No. 11. San Francisco, December, 1896. Oil and 

 gas yielding formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and 

 Santa Barbara counties. Part I; by W. L. Watts. Sac- 

 ramento, 1897. 94 pp., 5 maps, and 31 illustrations. 



This bulletin contains : Parts I and II, a geological list of 

 wells, production, etc., of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Part 

 III, geological formation and petroleum industry in portions of 

 Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Part IV, miscellaneous 

 drilling machinery, oil as fuel, etc. Sketch-maps of Los Angeles 

 and vicinity, Puente oil district, Ventura County oil district, Sum- 

 merland, Santa Barbara County, etc. 



A. S. COOPER, State Mineralogist. 



Bulletin No. 12. Showing by counties the mineral produc- 

 tions of California for the year 1896 ; by Charles G. Yale. 

 Sacramento, 1897. One large sheet. 



Bulletin No. 13. Showing by counties the mineral productions 

 of California for the year 1897 ; by Charles G. Yale. Sac- 

 ramento, 1898. One large sheet. 



