VOLUME VI NUMBER I 



THE 



RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE 



Published by the State Geological Survey 



NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 



JANUARY, 1916 



State Geological Commission Geological Corps 



Gov. TOM C. RYE, Chairman ^ jj PURDUE 



DR. BROWN AYRES, Secretary State Geol 9 ist 

 President, University of Tennessee 



OLAF P. JENKINS 



H. KNOX BRYSON Assistant Geologist 

 Commissioner of Agriculture 



DR. J. H. KIRKLAND PAUL C. BOWERS 

 Chancellor, VanderbUt University 



BISHOP A. W. KNIGHT J. A. SWITZER 



Vice-Chancellor, University of the South Hydraulic Engineer 



R. A. SHIFLETT R. S. MADDOX 



Chief Mine Inspector Forester 



CONTENTS 



Oil and Gas Conditions in the Central Basin of Tennessee A. H. Purdue 



Oil and Gas Conditions in the Reelfoot Lake District of Ten- 

 nessee A. H. Purdue 



An Interesting Case of Spontaneous Combustion Paul C. Bowers 



Sketch of the Work Done by the State Geological Survey in 1915. 

 Publications of the State Geological Survey. 



