﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  rlo 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  white 
  quartz 
  quarried 
  at 
  Billings, 
  Dutchess 
  county 
  

   by 
  the 
  Bridgeport 
  wood 
  finishing 
  co., 
  of 
  New 
  Mil 
  ford, 
  Ct. 
  

   The 
  quartz 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  wood 
  filler. 
  

  

  2 
  specimens 
  of 
  Chlorite 
  schist, 
  from 
  Harthau, 
  Saxony. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr 
  J. 
  L. 
  Davison, 
  Lockport, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  a 
  large 
  cluster 
  of 
  iron 
  

   stained 
  quartz 
  crystals, 
  and 
  two 
  gypsum 
  concretions 
  from 
  an 
  

   excavation 
  for 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  at 
  Lockport. 
  

  

  By 
  purchase 
  

  

  From 
  Oscar 
  E-ohn, 
  Madison, 
  Wis., 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  85 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  formations 
  of 
  the 
  Archaean, 
  Algonkian, 
  and 
  

   Cambrian 
  systems, 
  illustrating 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  

   region. 
  Each 
  specimen 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  exposure 
  of 
  the 
  forma- 
  

   tion 
  it 
  represents, 
  and 
  its 
  label 
  bears 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  published 
  

   description. 
  A 
  chip 
  of 
  similar 
  rock 
  from 
  which 
  microscope 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  can 
  be 
  cut, 
  accompanies 
  each 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Material 
  collected 
  for 
  the 
  museum 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Kalph 
  S. 
  Tarr 
  of 
  Cornell 
  university, 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  collection 
  

   of 
  84 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  about 
  Ithaca, 
  N 
  Y. 
  They 
  illus- 
  

   trate 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton, 
  Portage 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  less 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung, 
  Corniferous 
  and 
  

   Salina 
  groups. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  complete 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  that 
  

   vicinity. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Smyth 
  jr 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  college, 
  collected 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   19 
  specimens 
  illustrating 
  the 
  formations 
  about 
  Clinton, 
  New 
  York. 
  

   They 
  represent 
  the 
  formations 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  Conglomerate 
  to 
  

   the 
  Corniferous 
  group. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  I. 
  P. 
  Bishop 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  normal 
  school 
  at 
  Buffalo, 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  28 
  specimens 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  Niagara 
  gorge 
  and 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  Niagara 
  co. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  includes 
  

  

  1 
  specimen 
  Hamilton 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  2 
  specimens 
  Stafford 
  (Marcellus) 
  limestone. 
  

   2 
  specimens 
  Onondaga 
  limestone. 
  

  

  1 
  specimen 
  Corniferous 
  " 
  

   5 
  specimens 
  Waterlime 
  

  

  2 
  specimens 
  Salina 
  shale. 
  

  

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