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9. The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1904, by Joseph Hyde 

 Pratt, 1905. 8°, 95 pp. Postage // cents. 



Gives Mines Pi-oducing: Gold and Silver during 1903 and 190-1 and Sources of the Gold 

 Produced during 1904; describes the mineral Chromite, giving Analyses of Selected Samples 

 of Chromite from Mines in Yancey County; describes Commercial Varieties of Mica, giving 

 the manner in which it occurs in North Carolina, Percentage of Mica in the Dikes, Methods 

 of Mining, Assocated Minerals, Localities, Uses; describes the mineral Barytes, giving 

 Method of Cleaning and Preparing Barytes for Market; describes the use of Monazite as 

 used in connection with the Preparation of the Bunsen Burner, and goes into the use of 

 Zircon in connection with the Nernst Lamj), giving a List of the Principal Yttrium Minerals ; 

 describes the minerals containing Corundum Gems, Hiddenite and Other Gem Minerals, and 

 gives New Occurrences of these Gems ; describes the mineral Graphite and gives new Uses 

 for same. 



10. Oyster Culture in North Carolina, by Robert E. Coker, 1905. 8°, 39 pp. 

 Out of print. 



11. The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1905, by Joseph Hyde 

 Pratt, 1906. 8°, 95 pp. Postage 4 cents. 



Describes the mineral Cobalt and the principal minerals that contain Cobalt ; Corundum 

 Localities; Monazite and Zircon in considerable detail, giving Analyses of Thorianite; 

 describes Tantalum Minerals and gives description of the Tantalum Lamp ; gives brief 

 description of Peat Deposits; the manufacture of Sand-lime Brick; Operations of Concen- 

 trating Plant in Black Sand Investigations; gives Laws Relating to Mines, Coal Mines, 

 Mining, Mineral Interest in Land, Phosphate Rock, Marl Beds. 



12. Investigations Relative to the Shad Fisheries of North Carolina, by 

 John N. Cobb, 1906. 8°, 74 pp., 8 maps. Postage 6 cents. 



13. Report of Committee on Fisheries in North Carolina. Compiled by 

 Joseph Hyde Pratt, 1906. 8°, 78 pp. Out of Print. 



14. The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1906, by Joseph Hyde 



Pratt, 1907. 8°, 144 pp., 20 pi., and 5 figs. Postage 10 cents. 



Under the head of "Recent Changes in Gold Mining in North Carolina," gives methods 

 of mining, describing Log Washers, Square Sets, Cyanide Plants, etc., and detailed descrip- 

 tions of Gold Deposits and Mines are given; Copper Deposits of Swain County are described; 

 Mica Deposits of Western North Carolina are described, giving Distribution and General 

 Character, General Geology, Occurrence, Associated Minerals, Mining and treatment of Mica, 

 Origin, together with a description of many of the mines ; Monazite is taken up in consider- 

 able detail as to Location and Occurrence, Geology, including classes of Rocks, Age, Associa- 

 tions, Weathering, method of Mining and Cleaning, description of Monazite in Original 

 Matrix. 



15. The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1907, by Joseph Hyde 

 Pratt, 1908. 8°, 176 pp., 13 pi., and 4 figs. Postage 15 cents. 



Takes up in detail the Copper and Gold Hill Copper District; a description of the Uses 

 of Monazite and its Associated Minerals; descriptions of Ruby, Emerald, Beryl, Hiddenite, 

 and Amethyst Localities; a detailed description with Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs 

 of North Carolina; a description of the Peat Formations in North Carolina, together with 

 a detailed account of the Uses of Peat and the Results of an Experiment Conducted by the 

 United States Geological Survey on Peat from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 



16. Report of Convention called by Governor R. B. Glenn to Investigate the 

 Fishing Industries in North Carolina, compiled by Joseph Hyde Pratt, State 

 Geologist, 1908. 8°, 45 pp. Out of print. 



17. Proceedings of Drainage Convention held at New Bern, North Carolina, 

 September 9, 1908. Compiled by Joseph Hyde Pratt, 1908. 8°, 94 pp. Out of 

 print. 



18. Proceedings of Second Annual Drainage Convention held at New Bern, 

 North Carolina, November 11 and 12, 1909, compiled by Joseph Hyde Pratt, 

 and containing North Carolina Drainage Law, 1909. 8°, 50 pp. Out of print. 



19. Forest Fires in North Carolina During 1909, by J. S. Holmes, Forester, 

 1910. 8°, 52 pp., 9 pi. Out of print. 



