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  NEW 
  YOEK 
  STATE 
  MLSEUM 
  

  

  series 
  was 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr 
  J. 
  N. 
  JMeviiis 
  and 
  included 
  speciuiens 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  rocks, 
  the 
  foot 
  and 
  hanging 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  mines 
  and 
  the 
  

   various 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  talc 
  from 
  mines 
  no. 
  3 
  and 
  no. 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  Inter- 
  

   national 
  pulp 
  CO., 
  at 
  Talcville 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  talc 
  co. 
  at 
  

   Fowler, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  manufactured 
  product, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   photographs 
  showing 
  a 
  vein 
  of 
  talc, 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  mining 
  and 
  the 
  

   topography 
  of 
  the 
  region. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  specimens 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  duplicate 
  geological 
  an<l 
  mineralogical 
  material 
  stored 
  in 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  has 
  been 
  accumulating 
  for 
  years 
  with- 
  

   out 
  any 
  arrangement 
  or 
  system 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  particular 
  specimen 
  

   could 
  be 
  found 
  when 
  needed. 
  A 
  beginning 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  

   arrange 
  this 
  material 
  systematically 
  and 
  to 
  catalogue 
  the 
  drawers 
  

   and 
  cases 
  containing 
  it. 
  All 
  the 
  duplicates 
  from 
  the 
  general 
  min- 
  

   eral 
  collection 
  have 
  been 
  arranged 
  and 
  considerable 
  progress 
  has 
  

   been 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  geological 
  material. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   persons 
  using 
  the 
  museum 
  as 
  a 
  bureau 
  of 
  information. 
  Most 
  of 
  

   these 
  have 
  wanted 
  minerals 
  identified, 
  many 
  have 
  wanted 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  assayed 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  asked 
  for 
  practical 
  information 
  con- 
  

   cerning 
  various 
  economic 
  minerals. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  making 
  

   assays, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  museum 
  is 
  nv>t 
  equipped 
  the 
  museum 
  has 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  all 
  applicants. 
  

  

  Between 
  July 
  1 
  and 
  September 
  30 
  there 
  were 
  upwards 
  of 
  110 
  

   specimens 
  received 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  gold. 
  

   This 
  is 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  a 
  day, 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  eight 
  

   have 
  been 
  received 
  in 
  one 
  day 
  ; 
  and 
  these 
  for 
  gold 
  alone. 
  That 
  the 
  

   equipment 
  of 
  the 
  laboratory 
  and 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  

   assistant 
  curator 
  can 
  devote 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  are 
  inadequate 
  needs 
  no 
  

   demonstration. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  September, 
  weekly 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   were 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  assistant 
  curator 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  collecting 
  

   Unionidae 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  reproduction 
  was 
  beginning. 
  These 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  will 
  continue 
  until 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  frozen, 
  and 
  the 
  gills 
  of 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  containing 
  eggs 
  will 
  be 
  preserved, 
  thus 
  forming 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  specimens 
  showing 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  into 
  the 
  

   embryonic 
  young. 
  

  

  