MEMOIR OF ERNEST ROBERTSON BUCKLEY 45 



The constant relation of glacial phenomena to economic problems in 

 Wisconsin probably aroused a particular interest in the geologic work 

 performed by ice, and he devoted some considerable time during the win- 

 ter months to a study of the effects of the expansion and contraction of 

 the ice along the shore of the lakes in the vicinity of Madison. The re- 

 sults of these observations were published under the heading "Ice ram- 

 parts," by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 



In the fall of 1901 he was appointed State Geologist of Missouri and 

 Director of the Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, which position 

 he held for seven years, resigning in 1908. Finding the Geological Sur- 

 vey in an. utterly disorganized condition, he placed the department on a 

 systematic basis, inaugurating methods for keeping complete records that 

 might be utilized by his successors. 



His chief scientific work was completed while acting as State Geologist 

 of Missouri. The importance of the lead and zinc ores of the State and 

 the relative lack of any systematic study covering the genesis of these 

 deposits led him to take up detailed investigations in both the southwest 

 and southeast mining districts. 



The report upon the Granby area of southwest Missouri included a 

 theory of genesis applicable to the entire southwest district. As a clear 

 exposition of the genesis and occurrence of the disseminated lead ores, his 

 report upon the deposits of St. Francois and Washington counties is 

 remarkable for its thoroughness. As a result of his observations, Doctor 

 Buckley became a strong advocate of the theory that the lead and zinc 

 deposits of the State were solely the result of concentration caused by 

 descending solutions. 



In 1908 he resigned the position of State Geologist to become head of 

 the geological staff of the Federal Lead Company of Flat River, Mis- 

 souri, being in charge of development and prospecting. 



While still serving that company in a consulting capacity, lie estab- 

 lished an office in Chicago during the fall of 1911. 



In 1903 Doctor Buckley was married, in Milwaukee, to Miss Grace B. 

 Magdeburg, who survived him less than a week. 



Although extremely busy with his own investigations. Doctor Buckley 

 was ever active in his endeavor to further the interesl of Bcience and the 

 mining profession in general. 



While investigating the clay deposits of Wisconsin he organiwd the 

 Wisconsin Clay Workers' Association, a society which lias since done 

 much to further the interests of the clay-working industries of the State, 



With H. F. Bain, Shite Geologist of Illinois, he was instrumental in 



ton. lino- the Association of State Geologists Of the Mississippi \allc_v, 



