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Anon. Coal in Canada. Coll. Guard, vol. xxix. p. 743. 



Note of the discovery, by the Canadian Geological Survey, of a 

 coal-field, estimated at 25,000 square miles, extending from the 

 Athabasca river on the N". to Eed Deer river on the S. One seam is re- 

 ported as being more than 18 feet thick, and of good quality. G. A. L. 



. Discovery of Coal in Brazil. Coll. Guard, vol. xxix. p. 746. 



Note of the discovery of a considerable deposit of coal of first-rate 

 quality in the province of Eio Grande do Sul, by the manager of the 

 Jeronymo Collieries. [From the Brazil and River Plate Mail.'] G. A. L. 



. The Iron Mountains and Coal Basins of Alabama. Coll. 



Guard, vol. xxx. pp. 844-846. 



Eeprint of a report issued by the Louisville and Nashville Eailroad 

 Company. It consists of a general account of the coal and iron deposits, 

 with analysis of coal. Details are given of 4 borings in Jefferson 

 County. G. A. L. 



. The Nitrate Formation of Chile. J own. App. Sci. vol. vi. 



p. 23. 



Nitrates of soda and borax were found in making the surveys for 

 the Transatlantic Eailroad. A detailed report has been published at 

 Santiago, whence the information is taken. W. W. 



. Die Geyserregion am oberen Yellowstone. [Geyser region 



of the Upper Yellowstone.] Globus, Bd. xxvii. pp. 289-294, 305- 

 309, 321-325, 337-341. 



. Production of Iron in the United States. Mining World, 



vol. viii. p. 812. 

 Describes ore- deposits of Pennsylvania and Lake Champlain, and 

 springs of petroleum and gas. 



. Iron, vol. vi. n. ser. 



Mining Enterprise in Tennessee, p. 2. 



Mineral Eesources of Panama, p. 135. 



The Minerals of Missouri, pp. 259-290. A notice of the Geological 

 Survey Eeport, by G. C. Broadhead. (See Geologica.l Eecoed for 

 1874, p. 111.) 



Mineral resources around Chattanooga, p. 710. 



Barcena, Mariano. On the Mesozoic formation of Mexico and its 

 characteristic fossils. Pp. 37. Mexico. 



Bell, I. L. Notes on a visit to the Coal and Iron Mines and Iron- 

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 Coal, Anthracite, Bituminous Coals, Magnetic Iron-ore, Haematite, 

 Clay-Ironstone, and Black-band are noticed. 



Berg, Dr. Karl. Fine naturhistorische Eeise nach Patagonien. 



[Natural History Journey to Patagonia.] Petermann's Mittlieil- 



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 Chiefly zoological and botanical, but contains some geological notes. 



