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work has been done on seams of coal of Triassic age. One mine which I visited 

 showed a bed of 8 feet of stood coal with a narrow slate parting. Another had 10 

 feet of coal, much of which was of concentric struct me, shelling out into " eggs " 

 of greater or less hardness. 



To the east of San Marcial, which is 35 miles northeast of Ortiz, some work 

 has been done mi supposed coal beds. After cleaning out some of tin; old works 

 I found the beds to have a very black, bright appearance, looking like a fine face 

 of anthracite. All efforts, however, to burn the supposed coal were fruitless. 

 When put in the fire it would on becoming hot deflagrate violently, scattering 

 burning sparks, which were simply very fine scales of the red-hot material, for 

 several feet. On falling they would quickly become black again, and it was rare 

 that we could get a fragment to show any ash at all. Whatever value it may have 

 in other ways, as a fuel it was a flat failure. If, on further examination, this should 

 prove worthy of a name among minerals, I would suggest the name of " garciaite," 

 from the owner of the concession on which I first examined it. Later I found the 

 same material in beds of the same age in the Whetstone mountains of Arizona. 



The only coal found in my work around San Marcial was in the vicinity of El 

 Salto. The only bed I saw there was fair coal, but thin. It burned all right, 

 although the ash was considerably heavier than that in the Santa Clara coals. 



The President declared the meeting adjourned. 



Register of the Columbus Meeting, 1899 



The following Fellows attended the sessions of the Society : 



G. H. Ashley. Frank Leverett. 



J. M. Clarke. Edward Orton. 



E. T. Dumble. C. S. Prosser. 



B. K. Emerson. F. W. Simonds. 

 H. L. Fairchild. J. J. Stevenson. 

 G. P. Grimsley. F. B. Taylor. 

 Arthur Hollick. W. G. Tight. 



J. A. Holmes. I. C. White. 



C. R. Keyes. H. S. Williams. 



G. F. Wright. 



Present at the meeting of the Society, 19. 



The following Fellows arrived too late for the session of the Society, 

 but were in attendance upon the sessions of Section E, American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science : 



E. R. Parbour. A. M. Miller. 



H. C. Hovey. W J McGee. 



Total attendance, 23. 



