202 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 58 



GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (Continued) 



1366. URE'S Dictionary of Arts, manufactures and mines. 



7th Ed., Vol. 3, 1878, London, pp. 998-1000, figs. 12. 



General article on tin. Description of minerals, localities where found, method of 

 treatment of ore. 



1367. VAN HISE, CHARLES RICHARD. A treatise on metamorphism. 



Monogr. U. S. Geol. Surv., Vol. 47, Washington, D. C., pp. 1053-1055, 1058, 1127-1128. 

 Treats of the processes of deposition of tin ores. 



1368. VOGT, J. H. L. Ueber die durch pneumatolytische Processe an Granit 



gebundenen Mineral-Neubildungen. 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., 1894, Berlin, pp. 458-465. 



Exposition of the author's and others' views upon the deposition of tin and other 

 minerals connected with granite intrusions. 



1369. . Zinnstein-Gang gruppe. 



Zeitschr. prakt. Geol., 1895, Berlin, pp. 145-156, figs. 5. 



Most of the tin deposits of the world are treated. A general, genetic discussion ia 

 given. 



1370. . Problems in the geology of ore deposits. 



Trans. Amer. Inst. Mg. Eng., Vol. 31, 1902, New York, pp. 134-136. 

 Also in Genesis of Ore Deposits, Amer. Inst. Mg. Eng., pp. 639 and 657 (2d Ed.). 

 Cassiterite and apatite veins. Points out that the former are always connected with 

 acid igneous rocks, while ths apatite veins are connected with gabbro. 



1371. WALKEB, CHAS. H. Hints to aid the identification of stream tin. 



Mg. Sci. Press, Vol. 90, 1905, San Francisco, pp. 188-189. 



" Several tests that may be used by the miner are given: most common colors are 

 black, brown, red and yellow. A sapphire will easily scratch the smooth surface of 

 a pebble or crystal of stream tin, but a quartz crystal will only make a scratch when 



a heavy pressure is applied Extremely hard, very heavy, unmetallic appearance, 



uninteresting, and unsuggestive of value." 



1372. WEEKS, JOSEPH D. Tin. Its history, production and statistics. 



Amer. Mfr. Iron World (Tin-plate Suppl.), Vol. 50, 1892, Pittsburg, pp. 11-33. 

 Illus. 



Gives a history of tin; describes tin ores; their occurrence; deposits of Cornwall, 

 with short notes upon other deposits of the world; methods of mining, smelting and 

 refining; and gives statistics of production. Also treats of the tin plate industry, 

 defines technical terms and describes machinery used. 



