218 Scientific Intelligence. 



No. 12. Coal mining practice in District IV; by S. O. Andros. 

 Pp. 57; 23 figs. 



3. Topographic and Geologic Survey of Pennsylvania ; 

 Richard R. Hice, State Geologist. — The following publications 

 have recently been issued: Geologic Map of Southwestern Penn- 

 sylvania, Report No. 2. This includes a descriptive pamphlet of 

 29 pages and a series of 10 plates. Plate I gives the areal and II 

 the structural geology, on a scale of 1/250,000; III is a sketch 

 map showing the location of horizontal sections; IV-X give sec- 

 tions through the various quadrangles involved. 



Report No. 7. Engineering Data. Pp. 450 ; 3 pis. — As a 

 result of the cooperation between the U. S. Geological Survey 

 and the State organization, the topographic survey has now pro- 

 gressed so far that a little more than one-half the State has been 

 mapped. The engineering data accumulated have been brought 

 together in the present volume. 



Report No. 8. The Mineral Production of Pennsylvania, 

 1911. A, Coal and coke; JB, Petroleum and natural gas; C, 

 Clay and clay products ; D, Copper, nickel, etc. ; E, Quarry prod- 

 ucts, granite, trap rock, sandstone, marble, etc. 



4. West Virginia Geological Survey, I. C. White, State 

 Geologist. Boone County; by C. E. Krebs, Assistant Geologist, 

 and D. D. Teets, Jr., Field Assistant. Part IV. Paleontology; 

 by W. Armstrong Price, Paleontologist. Pp. xviii, 648 ; 43 

 pis., 3 figs., 2 maps in pocket, 1915. — Another of the important 

 West Virginia County reports has been added to the series. This 

 report of Boone county contains a detailed description and revision 

 of all the rich coal beds and other geologic formations exposed ; 

 the geologic map also gives the structure contours and outcrops 

 of the celebrated No. 2 Gas Coal, and that of several other 

 valuable coal beds, along with many new sections, analyses, etc. 

 The two maps cover the topography and geology of the entire 

 area. Copies of the entire report may be obtained for $2.00; of 

 the geologic map for $1.00, and of the topographic map for 50 

 cents (address the Survey, P. O. box 848, Morgantown, W. Va.). 



In cooperation with the West Virginia Survey, the Bureau of 

 Soils of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture has issued the fol- 

 lowing: 



Soil Survey of Boone County, West Virginia ; by W. J. 

 Latimer. Pp. 26; 1 fig., 1 map. The same of Logan and Mingo 

 Counties ; by W. J. Latimer. Pp. 30 ; 1 fig. and map. 



5. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; E. A. 

 Birge, Director, Wm. O. Hotchkiss, State Geologist. — Recent 

 publications are the following: 



Bulletin No. XXXIII. Scientific Series No. 10. The Poly- 

 poraceae of Wisconsin; by J. J. Neuman. Pp. 206; 25 pis., 85 

 figs. — The fungi, described in this report, are of great importance 

 since they are responsible for the decay of numerous valuable 

 timber trees especially in the northern part of State. 



