Geology and Natural History. 401 
are included marbles; soapstone at many localities in Clay, Talla- 
poosa, Chambers and other counties; white porcelain clay; 
asbestus; mica; corundum, in Talla apoosa County graphite ; 
gold ; copper, in Wood’s Mine in Cleburne Count y; iron ores, 
which are associated usually with the hornblendic rocks. e 
Report closes with chemical analyses of various iron ores, coals 
and ene i nes, 
gical Survey sae New oie Sight eas sags of the 
State Geology fleas GEORGE H. Cook, for the year 1874. 116 
pp- a Bids 1874.—Prof. Cock gives, in et Report 
for 1874, new gncenrsn on the remarkable series of Archwan 
annually from New Jersey ores, 850 tons from Pennsylvania ores, 
and more than 3000 tons from Western ores. With regard to the 
white clays of New Jerse , he remarks that 265,000 tons of fire 
dug at South Amboy, youd averags $4 per ton, and is shipped to 
all parts of the United Sta 
rof. Cook states oe * the geological position of the clay | 
deposits is in the Cretaceous Sormation, and that the stratum 
constitutes ite lowest member. They occur in a belt of country 
[ae ONDON. 22 pp. 8yvo, Sa em, Oregon. i874— ry, 
Interesting review of the oat of the State, with important 
coaly trunks of trees, to the overlying igneous rocks in the line of 
the Cascade Range. He speaks of the latter rocks as rll a 
4 ar O. Heer’s Arctic Flora.—The first two volumes of 
Prof. Heer’s Arctic Flora are as widely known as the name of the 
celebrated author. A third volume has been published recently* 
* By Wurtzer & Co., of Zurich. 
