Sketch of the Work Done by the State 

 Geological Survey in 1915 



In the first part of the year Mr. Dandridge Isom was em- 

 ployed in keeping logs of oil wells in the Oneida district, Scott 

 County. During the summer, Mr. H. F. Bain was employed 

 to do this work. 



In co-operation with the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the U. S. 

 Geological Survey, something like four hundred coal samples 

 were taken for analysis, and the analyses were made at the 

 laboratory of the Bureau of Mines at Pittsburg, the chemist of 

 the Survey, Dr. Paul C. Bowers, assisting in the work. Dr. 

 L. C. Glenn, in charge of the coal work, spent something like a 

 month in the field, and the remainder of the summer until Oc- 

 tober in the preparation of the report on coal. 



Mr. C. R. Watkins, Jr., F. W. Farnsworth, and A. P. Miller 

 were engaged in the field work for a map of McNairy County, 

 which was completed ; and in the mapping of a part of Hardin 

 County, and a part of Decatur County. In September Mr. 

 Watkins was transferred to Shelby County where he is yet 

 employed. Mr. Farnsworth was employed during March and 

 April, and Mr. Miller from June until September. These 

 county maps are intended as bases for geological and soil maps. 



In co-operation with the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 University of Tennessee, Messrs. G. M. Ferris and F. M. Ma- 

 loney were employed during the summer in the preparation of 

 a map of Rutherford County, also to serve as a base for soil and 

 geological maps. 



Beginning with May, Mr. Bruce Wade was employed until 

 October on geological work in McNairy and Hardin counties, 

 having finished the former. 



Beginning with June, Dr. J. J. Galloway and H. N. Coryell 

 were employed, in co-operation with the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, University of Tennessee, in mapping the geology 

 of Rutherford County, which was completed. 



