\K\VS AND X< >TFS 



5- ; 



for a hulk-tin mi tin- forest conditions 

 of that island. 



According to the. hot in formation 

 availahle, Mr. Fverett had already 

 made one journey across Xegios from 

 Cabancalan mi the we-t coast to Bais 

 mi the- s<>uthca.-t o>a-t. an 1 had started 

 to return to Cabancalan by the way of 

 Toll m mi the southern coast. About 

 three or four days inland from this 

 town, at the sitio of Pamari. on May 

 li, the guide, assisted hv his follower-. 

 drugged Mr. Fverett and party, while 

 a-leep. hy means of fumes of a narcot- 

 ic plant, and then murdered them. 

 Therefore be it 



Rcsok-ed, That the Director of For- 

 estry, and members of the Bureau of 

 Forestry assembled in conference on 

 this 27th day of July. 1908. express our 

 appreciation of the services, efficiency, 

 and character of Mr. Everett, whose 

 personality and accomplishments will 

 leave their mark on the future person- 

 nel and work of this bureau ; and be it 



Resolved, That this conference ex- 

 tend to his family in their hour of af- 

 fliction, our deep sympathy for their 

 loss, a loss which we as his associates, 

 who knew him both personally and pro- 

 fessionally so thoroughly feel ; and be it 



Rcsoh'cd, That a copy of this testi- 

 monial be sent to the bereaved family, 

 the Manila Times and Cahlene'^'s- 

 .hncrican. ( 'ONSKKV. vriox, YVa>hing- 

 ton. IX C., Forestry Quarterly, Ithaca. 

 X. Y.. and the Alumni .Associa- 

 tions of the University of Michigan, 

 and Cornell University, and Clifford 

 rinchot. Forester, United States 1 V- 

 partment of Agriculture. Y\"a-hington. 

 I). C. 



'! t'i >'.' 



The New Mexico Coke Industry 



NEYY Mexic" i- assuming considera- 

 ble importance as a coke producer, 

 according to F. \Y. Parker, chief stat- 

 istician <>f the United Stall's (lei .log- 

 ical Sur\ey. notable progress having 

 been made during the last three years. 

 In I<>O3 there wen- but two o.ke- 

 making establishment^ in the Terri- 

 tory, with a total of ui > oven-., and the 



production amounted to 11.050 tons. In 

 i</<>4 the number of establishments was 

 increased to three, the number of oven-- 

 to 234. and the output to 5>\-'5') tons. 

 In n/>5 the same number of establish- 

 ments reported 258 ovens completed 

 and 4X0 building, and the production 

 amounted to 8<;/>38 toils. In K/VI four 

 establishments with a total of 571 com- 

 pleted ovens and 450 building, produced 

 147.747 tons of coke. < )f the oveiT- 

 building in !<)<><>. 325 were completed 

 in I (jo/, increasing the total number 

 completed oven-- to S<)o. and the pro- 

 duction of coke increased to 205.125 

 ton^. 



The increase in 1907 advanced the 

 territory from sixteenth to fifteenth 

 place in the rank of the coke-producing 

 states and territories, and gave Xew 

 Mexico a larger percentage of increa-e 

 than any other state or territory ex- 

 cept Kansas. In Kansas, however, the 

 production of either year was insignif- 

 icant. The increase of Xew Mexico's 

 coke production in 19/37 over 1906 was 

 117,378 tons, or 79.45 per cent., in 

 quantity, and $397,541. or 89.8 per 

 cent, in value. The average -price pel- 

 ton increased from $3 in KJOO to $3.17 

 in 1907. One of the establishments, 

 having a bank of fifty ovens, was idle 

 during the year. 



Of the 446,140 tons of coal con- 

 verted into coke in the territory in n>O7, 

 all except 2,498 tons was washed slack. 



Mr. Parker's statistical report mi the 

 coke industry has just been published 

 by the Survey as an advance chapter 

 from "Mineral Resource- of the 

 United States, Calendar Year i ( >7." 

 Copies of this report mav be' obtained 

 by addressing the 1 )irector of the G< 

 logical Survey at Washington, M C. 



Oil Field Investigations in 1^07 and 



W< >1\K in the various oil fields of 

 the country by members of the 

 United States Geological Survey \\a- 

 carried forward much more actively 

 during l<*>7 than in any previous \car. 

 In California Ralph Arnold and Robert 

 Anderson extended the general inve-ti- 



