MEWS AND NOTES 



as the "mother map <>f the country." for 

 it i- now the principal -ource of all 

 other map-. The -beet- cover area- 

 termed quadrangles, whose limits are 

 detiiH'il li\- meridian- and parallels, and 

 nearly [,8oO of them have- already hern 

 completed. Some of the states have 

 valued these map- -o highly that they 

 have defrayed halt' the co>t of the sur- 

 veys. The expense of -urveying a quad- 

 rangle and engraving a sheet range- 

 from $3 500 to $8,000. but after the 

 map ha- -ervcd it- -cientific pnrpo-e to 

 the Government extra copies can he 

 (tiirchased by any one for 5 cent- each, 

 or $3 a hundred, which is -imply the 

 O '-t of paper and printing. 



The maps are so detailed and accu- 

 rate that clever clay modelers have 

 used them as liases for relief or ph\ -- 

 ieal maps which were exact miniature 

 reproductions of the regions comprised 

 within the quadrangles, showing every 

 hill and valley in relative steepnes.-. and 

 the lakes, swamps, falls of river-, etc.. 

 as \vell as all the important works of 

 man. 



New Publications 



THE United States Geological Sur- 

 vey announces new publications as 

 follow- : 



Monograph. XLIX. The Ceratop- 

 sia. by |. B. Hatcher, based on prelimi- 

 nary studie- b\ <>.('. Marsh, edited and 

 completed by \\. S. Lull. I'jnJ. 300 

 pp.. 51 pi-. Trice. $1.50. 



Hnlletins. 324 ( Reprint. ) The San 

 l ; ranci-co earthquake and tire of April 

 iS. moo, and their effect- mi -tructure- 

 and structural material-: Report- by 

 ( I. K. Gilbert. R. L. llunipliivy. J. S. 

 Sewell. an<l Frank Soule. HjoJ. 1 7" 

 pp.. 57 I'N- 



3_'S. The gold placer- of part- ot 

 Si-ward renin-ula. . \la-ka. including the 

 N'oine, ("ouncil. Kougarok. Port Clar- 

 ence, and Goodhope precinct-, by A. }. 

 (oilier. F. L. Hess, P. S. Smith. "and \. 

 H. Brook-. i<)( iS. 331. p|'.. i i pi-- 



and mineral re-oun 

 of the ('ontroller Bay region. Ala-ka. 

 by < ). C. Martin. i<jn8. 141 pp.. 10 

 pis. 



337. The Fairbanks and Rampart 

 quadrangles, Yukon-Tanana region. 

 Alaska, by I.. M. 1'rindle: with a sec- 

 tion on the Rampart placer-, by F. L. 

 lless. and a paper on the water -upply 

 of the Fairbanks region, by ( '. ( '. Co- 

 vert. 1908. 102 ])])., 5 pi-. 



342. Re-ult- of -pint leveling in 

 ('alifornia. [896-1906. [908. 172 pp. 



343. Binder- for coal briquets; in- 

 vestigations made at the fnel-te-ting 

 plant. St. Louis. MO. by fame- L. 

 Mills. 1008. 56 pp. 



344. Strength of concrete beam-, by 

 Richard L. Humphrey. 1908. 50 pp.. 

 i pi. 



dco/o^ie Folios. 157. Pas-aic i Xew 

 lerscy-Xew York) folio, by X. 11. Dar- 

 ton. W. S. Bayley. R. I). Salisbury, 

 and 11. B. Kiimmel. 27 folio pp. of 

 text. 3 map-, and i sheet of illn-tration-. 

 Price, 25 cents. 



158. Rockland (Maine) folio, by F. 

 S. Bastin. 15 folio pp. of text and 5 

 map--. Price. 25 cents. 



Mineral Resources of the I'nilcd 

 States, 1907. Advance chapters on ce- 

 ment, bauxite, phosphate rock, and m<>- 

 nazite and zircon. 



The Geological Survey has a limited 

 number of copies of the-e publications 

 for free distribution i c.vccpt tli<>se 

 :cln>sc price is sttited). and some have 

 been delivered to Member- of Cong: 

 for distribution. The Survex cannot 

 give more than one copy to any person 

 and general rcque-ts for all the paper- 

 cannot be complied with mile-- a -ati-- 

 Factory ri-a-on why every one is de- 

 -ired i- given. Payment for -ale pub- 

 lication- should IK- made by po-tal or 

 express money order. |)a\able to the Di- 

 rector. I". S. ( ieolo^ical Survey, or in 

 ca-h the exact amount, ('heck-, draft-, 

 and | xist age -tamp^ cannot be accepted. 

 Application- sent to the < ieolo-jcal Sur- 

 vey should be addres-ed to The 

 I )irector. 



