﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  23 
  

  

  Survey 
  and 
  make 
  such 
  corrections 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  from 
  the 
  

   State 
  Survey 
  records. 
  These 
  Hsts 
  v^dll 
  then 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Sur- 
  

   vey. 
  

  

  Blanks 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  statistics 
  will 
  be 
  printed 
  each 
  year 
  

   at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  Franked 
  

   envelops 
  for 
  the 
  transmission 
  of 
  the 
  statistical 
  blanks 
  will 
  be 
  ad- 
  

   dressed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Federal 
  Survey, 
  and 
  the 
  blanks 
  either 
  

   numbered 
  or 
  having 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  operator 
  written 
  

   thereon 
  will 
  be 
  inclosed 
  in 
  these 
  envelops 
  with 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  from 
  

   the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  A 
  franked 
  envelop 
  ad- 
  

   dressed 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  will 
  be 
  inclosed 
  in 
  the 
  envelop 
  v/ith 
  

   the 
  circular 
  letter 
  and 
  blanks 
  and 
  all 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  unsealed 
  to 
  the 
  

   State 
  Geologist 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  inclose 
  such 
  additional 
  circular 
  

   to 
  the 
  operators 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  desire 
  sent. 
  By 
  rubber 
  stamp 
  or 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  will 
  also 
  indicate 
  on 
  the 
  blank 
  that 
  the 
  

   Avork 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  surveys. 
  On 
  the 
  return 
  

   of 
  the 
  blanks 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist, 
  he 
  will 
  have 
  each 
  report 
  care- 
  

   fully 
  scrutinized 
  and 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  proper 
  form 
  for 
  tabulation. 
  

   He 
  will 
  make 
  such 
  transcript 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  uses 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  desire 
  

   and 
  then 
  forward 
  the 
  reports 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Sur- 
  

   vey. 
  The 
  second 
  request 
  for 
  reports 
  from 
  producers 
  who 
  have 
  not 
  

   responded 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  inquiries 
  will 
  be 
  prepared 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  

   in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Federal 
  Survey 
  and 
  transmitted 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   Geologist. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  advisable 
  to 
  send 
  additional 
  inquiries 
  by 
  

   mail 
  tlie 
  same 
  plan 
  will 
  be 
  followed 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  registering 
  

   the 
  letters, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  mailed 
  from 
  Washing- 
  

   ton. 
  After 
  the 
  attempts 
  to 
  secure 
  returns 
  by 
  mail 
  have 
  been 
  ex- 
  

   hausted 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  will 
  undertake 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  reports 
  

   from 
  the 
  delinquent 
  operators 
  by 
  personal 
  visits 
  of 
  himself 
  or 
  as- 
  

   sistants. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  statistical 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Survey 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  credit 
  for 
  the 
  coop- 
  

   erative 
  plan 
  will 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  John 
  ]\I. 
  Clarke 
  E. 
  W. 
  Parker 
  

  

  State 
  Geologist 
  Statisfieiaji 
  in 
  Charge, 
  

  

  Division 
  of 
  Mineral 
  Resources, 
  

   United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  

  

  During 
  the" 
  period 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  statistics 
  have 
  been 
  collected, 
  

   there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  mineral 
  industries 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  total 
  output 
  of 
  all 
  materials 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  

   individual 
  producers 
  for 
  1907 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $37,427,405. 
  The 
  

   corresponding 
  values 
  for 
  previous 
  years 
  were: 
  $37,132,832 
  in 
  

   1906; 
  $35,470,987 
  in 
  1905 
  and 
  $28,812,595 
  in 
  1904. 
  The 
  different 
  

   items 
  entering 
  into 
  the 
  calculations 
  number 
  about 
  35 
  and 
  include 
  

   only 
  the 
  crude 
  products 
  or 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  in 
  their 
  first 
  marketable 
  

   forms. 
  

  

  