MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH AUSTIN HOLMES 31 



the duties which had been assigned to him in behalf of the safety of the mil- 

 lion miners in the United States. He was one of the most enthusiastic, inde- 

 fatigable workers I ever had the pleasure of associating with. His mind was 

 continually on the yearly death toll of the miners, and, although taken away 

 in the prime of his life, he has already accomplished much in reducing the 

 terrible death rate. In the last five years of his life he saw a slowly but 

 steadily decreasing death rate, and while it gave him much joy, it only added 

 to his almost superhuman efforts in behalf of the men. 



"Van. H. Manning." 



A full list of Doctor Holmes' reports and more important scientific 

 papers is given in his bibliography, which appears at the close of this 

 sketch. The picture of Doctor Holmes that accompanies this sketch was 

 selected by Mrs. Holmes. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



1. Agricultural education in North Carolina. Miscellaneous Special Report 



Number 2, United States Department of Agriculture, 1883, pages 84-87. 



2. Notes on the tornado which occurred in Richmond County, North Carolina, 



February 19, 18S4. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 

 volume I, 1884, pages 28-34. 



3. Notes on the Indian burial mounds of eastern North Carolina. Journal of 



the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume I, 1884, pages 73-79. 



4. Occurrence of AMes canadensis and Pinus strobus in central North Caro- 



lina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume I, 1S84, 

 pages S6-S7. 



5. Notes on a petrified human body. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific 



Society, volume II, 1885, pages 59-60. (With Dr. T. W. Harris.) 



6. Taxodium (cypress) in North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell 



Scientific Society, volume II, 1885, pages 92-93. 



7. Supplemental report on Sam Christian gold mine. Manuscript. North 



Carolina Geological Survey, 18S6, 3 pages. 

 S. A sketch of Prof. Washington Caruthers Kerr, M. A., Ph. D. Journal of 



the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume IV, part 2, 1887, pages 



1-24. 

 9. Temperature and rainfall at various stations in North Carolina. Journal 



of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume V, 1SS8, pages 31-41. 



10. Study of plants in the garden and field. The North Carolina Teacher, 1S88, 



6 pages. 



11. Historical notes concerning the North Carolina Geological Surveys. Jour- 



nal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume VI, 1889, pages 

 5-18. 



12. The conglomerate and pebble beds of the Triassic and Potomac formations 



of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 

 volume VI, 1889, page 14S. 



13. Mineralogical, Geological, and Agricultural Surveys of South Carolina. 



Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume VI 1, 1890, 

 pages 89-117. 



