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road surveyors and others, who told Eldridge that the locality he sought 

 to reach was inaccessible; but he continued his journey, found the coal 

 buried under heavy snow-drifts, opened and sampled it, and returned in 

 safety. In the writers own experience with Eldridge in the field, there 

 have been many illustrations of his phenomenal endurance and grim 

 determination — a combination of qualities making it a hopeless task for 

 one of average powers to compete with him in many undertakings. When 

 engaged in the preparation of reports Eldridge has been known to work 

 without sleep for nearly 48 hours and seem to suffer no ill effects. 



A good comrade and loyal friend, Eldridge was also a beautiful exam- 

 ple of the devoted son. His aged and infirm mother found with him 

 during her declining years a home of many comforts, such as could be 

 supplied only by cheerful sacrifices. Soon after the death of his mother 

 Eldridge was married to Miss Jessie Newlands, of San Francisco, who 

 survives him. 



Eldridge was a man of much modesty, never putting himself forward 

 except as a duty. His ideals were those of the Christian gentleman, and 

 hence his influence for good was always felt by those within his sphere of 

 life. Many will join in the tribute of his old instructor and friend, the 

 late Professor Shaler, who wrote of him : 



"He will remain with me as the type of the strong, well-balanced man; 

 brave, steadfast, patient in his duties, ever friendly with his neighbor, helpful 

 with his friends — I feel that my contacts with him served to ennoble my life." 



List of Publications 



(1) Montana coal-fields. Tenth Census of the United States, 1879-1880, vol. 



xv, 1886, pp. 739-757. 



(2) The industries of the base metals (lead, zinc, and copper) in the census 



year. Tenth Census of the United States, 1879-1880, vol. xv, 1886, pp. 

 809-830. 



(3) On some stratigraphic and structural relations of the country about Den- 



ver, Colorado. Mining industry (Denver, Colorado), vol. iii, no. 3, 1888, 

 pp. 24-25 ; no. 4, pp. 33-35 ; no. 5, pp. 44-45. 



(4) On some stratigraphical and structural features of the country about 



Denver, Colorado. Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society, vol. 

 iii, 1888, pp. 86-118. 



(5) Some suggestions upon the method of grouping the formations of the 



Middle Cretaceous and the employment of an additional term in its 

 nomenclature. American Journal of Science, vol. xxxviii, October, 1889, 

 pp. 313-321. 



(6) On certain peculiar structural features in the foothill region of the Rocky 



mountains near Denver, Colorado. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society 

 of Washington, vol. xi, 1892, pp. 247-274. 



