Geology. 87 



No. 369. The Prevention of Mine Explosions, Report and 

 Recommendations; by Victor Watte yste, Carl Meissner and 

 Arthur Desborough; with letter of transmittal by J. R. Gar- 

 field. Pp. 11. 



Also 341-A. Advance chapter on the Coal Fields of North 

 Dakota and Montana from Bulletin 341, Contributions to Econ- 

 omic Geology, 1907, Part II. 



Further, Mineral Products of the United States, 1896-1907. 

 Tabulated on large sheet ; also numerous advance chapters from 

 Mineral Resources of the United States, 1907 ; and 



Water-Supply Papers. — No. 219. Ground Waters and Irri- 

 gation Enterprises in the Foothill Belt, Southern California ; by 

 Walter C. Mendenhall. Pp. 180, 9 plates, 16 figures. 



No. 220. — Geology and Water Resources of a Portion of South- 

 Central Oregon ; by Gerald A. Waring. Pp. 86, 10 plates, 1 

 figure. 



No. 222. Preliminary Report on the Ground Waters of San 

 Joaquin Valley, California ; by Walter C. Mendenhall. Pp. 

 52, 1 plate. 



2. Canada : Geological Survey. A. P. Low, Director, 

 Ottawa. — Recent publications from the Geological Survey of 

 Canada, including the Department of Mines, are included in the 

 following list : (See p. 239, vol. xxvi.) 



Seventeen maps, giving plans and sections of the Gold Districts 

 of Nova Scotia. 



Preliminary Report on a Part of the Similkameen District, 

 British Columbia; by Charles Camsell. Pp. 41, with folding 

 map. 



Department of Mines, R. W. Brock, Acting Director. 



Report on a Portion of Conrad and Whitehorse Mining Dis- 

 tricts, Yukon ; by D. D. Cairnes. Pp. 38, 8 plates, folding map. 



Preliminary Report on a Portion of the main Coast of British 

 Columbia and adjacent Islands included in New Westminster and 

 Nanaimo Districts; by O. E. Leroy. Pp. 56, 4 plates, 6 figures, 

 folding map. 



Report on a Recent Discovery of Gold near Lake Megantic, 

 Quebec ;• by John A. Dresser. Pp. 13, folding map. 



Report on the Landslide at Notre-Dame de la Salette, Lieore 

 River, Quebec ; by R. W. Ells. Pp. 10, 7 plates. 



3. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, Joseph 

 Hyde Pratt, State Geologist. 



Economic Paper No. 14. The Mining Industry in North Caro- 

 lina during 1906 ; by J. H. Pratt. Pp. 142, 20 plates, 5 figures. 

 Raleigh, 1907. 



Bulletin No. 16. Shade Trees for North Carolina ; by W. W. 

 Ashe. Pp. 72, 10 plates, 18 figures. No. 17. Terracing of Farm 

 Lands ; by W. W. Ashe. Pp. 72, 6 plates, 2 figures. Raleigh, 

 1908. — The total value of the mineral productions of North 

 Carolina, in 1906, was some $3,000,000, having increased from 

 $1,800,000 since 1901. The most important items, making up 

 two-thirds of the whole, are clay and coal. Following these are 



