LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL. 



To Hon. George C. Pardee, Governor of the State of Cali- 

 fornia, and the Honorable Board of Trustees of the State 

 Mining Bureau. 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to transmit Bulletin No. 30, 

 ''A Bibliography Relating to the Geology, Palaeontology, and 

 Mineral Resources of California," this being the second edi- 

 tion, which has been revised and brought up to date by the 

 author of both editions, Lieut. Col. A. W. Vogdes, Artillery 

 Corps, U. S. A. 



I wish to extend many thanks to Colonel Vogdes for his kind 

 assistance to this department in donating this work, which 

 will prove invaluable to the seeker for information pertaining 

 to the literature which has been published relating to the sub- 

 jects above enumerated. 



Very respectfully, 



LEWIS E. AUBURY, 

 State Mineralogist. 



San Francisco, June 30, 1903. 



Hon. Lev^is E. Aubury, State Mineralogist. 



Dear Sir : I have the honor to submit this bibliography for 

 publication by the State Mining Bureau, with the following 

 remarks : 



Since the publications of the first Geological Survey of the 

 State, in 1851, by Dr. Trask, a large number of papers on 

 geology, mineral resources, palaeontology, and descriptions of 

 local mining regions have appeared in special publications or 

 in the transactions of learned societies. Besides these there 

 are many articles incorporated in the official publications of 

 the UnitecJ States, etc., etc. I have labored to bring this mass 

 of literature together and make it accessible to the student and 



