﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  47 
  

  

  Colorado 
  Scientific 
  society, 
  Boston 
  building, 
  Denver 
  

   Collections 
  of 
  minerals, 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils. 
  

  

  State 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Mines, 
  Denver 
  

  

  Harry 
  A. 
  Lee, 
  commissioner. 
  Collection 
  of 
  minerals 
  and 
  ores 
  

   from 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  Colorado 
  fuel 
  and 
  iron 
  company. 
  Boston 
  building, 
  Denver 
  

  

  R. 
  C. 
  Hills. 
  Collection 
  of 
  coals 
  from 
  Colorado, 
  Wyoming 
  and 
  

   New 
  Mexico. 
  Also 
  a 
  mineral 
  collection 
  and 
  800 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   eruptive 
  rocks 
  from 
  Colorado 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  

   Prof. 
  Hills. 
  

  

  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Yale 
  university. 
  New 
  Haven 
  

  

  Geological 
  faculty: 
  H. 
  S. 
  Williams, 
  O. 
  C. 
  Marsh, 
  Geo. 
  J. 
  Brush, 
  

  

  A. 
  E. 
  Verrill, 
  E. 
  S. 
  Dana, 
  S. 
  L. 
  Penfield, 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Beecher 
  and 
  

   L. 
  V. 
  Pirsson. 
  The 
  Peabody 
  museum 
  contains 
  the 
  best 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  vertebrate 
  fossils 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  No 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  given, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  foremost 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Wesleyan 
  university, 
  Middletown 
  

  

  WiUiam 
  N. 
  Rice, 
  professor 
  of 
  geology. 
  Collections 
  contain 
  

   11,500 
  specimens, 
  which 
  include 
  300 
  mineral 
  species, 
  4000 
  

   Paleozoic, 
  800 
  Mesozoic, 
  2000 
  Cenozoic 
  fossils. 
  

  

  Trinity 
  college, 
  Hartford 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Pynchon, 
  instructor 
  in 
  natural 
  science. 
  

  

  Storrs 
  agricultural 
  college, 
  Storrs 
  

  

  B. 
  F. 
  Koons, 
  president, 
  instructor 
  in 
  geology. 
  Collection 
  of 
  

   1000 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Scientific 
  association 
  of 
  Meriden, 
  Meriden 
  

  

  Robert 
  Bowman, 
  curator. 
  Collection 
  of 
  1200 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Delaware. 
  

  

  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Delaware, 
  Wilmington 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  G. 
  Yeatman 
  Pyle, 
  corresponding 
  secretary. 
  Collection 
  

   of 
  1600 
  specimens, 
  chiefly 
  minerals. 
  

  

  State 
  college 
  for 
  colored 
  students, 
  Dover 
  

   No 
  instructor. 
  Small 
  collection. 
  

  

  