NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 57 



Paleontology, 2000 specimens: working collection of typical 

 Kentucky fossils from the Chazy to the Quaternary. Speci- 

 mens of Pentremites godoni, Lithostrotion 

 can a dense, Athyris, Productus, and many sub- 

 Carboniferous fossils for exchange. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens : typical North Carolina speci- 

 mens for working purposes, including coal, ores, clays, etc. 

 Some specimens of calcite and limonite for exchange. 



Historic a/nd eoonomic geology and lithology. 200 specimens: iron 

 ores, building stone, etc. Stratified and oolitic limestone for ex- 

 chanoje. 



State geological department, Lexington, Charles J. Norwood, 

 curator. 



Paleontology. General systematic collection to represent Ken- 

 tucky geology. 



Miiveralogy. General collection. 



Economic geology. Collections of building stones, dressed and 

 polished and in the rough; ores of iron, lead and zinc; clays and 

 clay products; coals and coke constitute the main exhibited 

 material. There are also collections of barite, fluor spar, marls, 

 paints, salt, petroleum, etc. v 



Zoology. General collection including the celebrated race 

 horse Hanover, mounted. 



Botany. Principally economic. A large collection of Ken- 

 tucky woods in the shape of boards, partly dressed and polished. 



There are also 200 large transparencies showing farming 

 lands, cattle and stock, timber, quarries, etc. 



A number of large colored photographs, geologic and other 

 maps and two relief maps of the state, one geologically colored, 

 the other to show the distribution of timber. The collections 

 are intended primarily to show the natural resources of the 

 state of Kentucky. The museum has recently been removed 

 from Frankfort to Lexington and is now being systematically 

 arranged. 



