Puhlications of the United States Government. 65 



Eighth Annual Report of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, 1886-87 ; by J. W. Powell. 1889. 2 pt. xix, 474, 

 xii pp., 53 pi. and maps; 1 pL, 475-1063 pp., 54-76 pi. 

 and maps. 



Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California; by Israel C. 

 Russell, pp. 261-394, 24 pi. and 5 maps. 



Geology of Lassen Peak district; by J. S. Diller. pp. 395-432, 

 7 pi. This report contains an account of the geologic formations in 

 the Lassen Peak district ; auriferous slates series ; carboniferous 

 limestone ; serpentine ; age of the auriferous slate district. Creta- 

 ceous — Chico beds, composition, distribution, age of the fossils, upper 

 and lower limits. Miocene — Composition of the Miocene strata, dis- 

 tribution and relations, fossils found in the Miocene strata, hypso- 

 graphic and climatic conditions during the Miocene. Pliocene — 

 Upheaval of the Piedmont region, structure of the Sierras, etc. 



Summary of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific Slope ; by 

 George F. Becker, pp. 961-985, 3 pi. (For list of contents, see 

 Monograph XIII.) 



Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 

 1888-89; by J. W. Powell. 1890. 2 pt. xv, 774 pp., 98 

 pi. and maps ; viii, 123 pp. 



Administrative report ; by George F. Becker, pp. 141-144. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological 

 Survey, 1892-93; by J. W. Powell. 1893. 2 pt. vi, 321 

 pp., 1 pi; XX, 597 pp., 74 pi. 



The rocks of the Sierra Nevada ; by H. W. Turner. Washing- 

 ton, 1895. Part II, pp. 441-495, pi. 48-59. 



The gold-silver veins of Ophir, California ; by Waldemar Lind- 

 gren. Part II, pp. 249-284. 



Tertiary revolution in the topography of the Pacific Coast ; by J. 

 S. Diller. Part II, pp. 403-433. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, 1893-94; by J. W. Powell. 1895. xiv, 755 pp., 48 pi. 



Sketch of the geology of the San Francisco peninsula ; by An- 

 drew C. Lawson. pp. 399-476, pi. 5-12. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, 1894-95; Charles D. Walcott, Director. 1895. (Part 

 I, 1896.) 4 pt. xxii, 910 pp., 117 pi. and maps; xix, 598 

 pp., 43 pi. and maps ; xv, 646 pp., 23 pi. ; xix, 735 pp., 

 6 pi. 



Parts III and IV contain reports on mineral resources. Part IV 

 contains reports on the production of coal in 1894, by E. W. Parker, 

 pp. 1-217 ; Petroleum, by Joseph D. Weeks, pp. 315-404 ; Asphal- 



