﻿78 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  No. 
  317. 
  Geology 
  and 
  Underground 
  Waters 
  of 
  the 
  Wichita 
  

   Region, 
  North 
  Central 
  Texas 
  ; 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  Gordon. 
  Pp. 
  88 
  ; 
  2 
  

   plates. 
  

  

  A 
  disastrous 
  fire 
  in 
  the 
  basement 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  

   building, 
  on 
  May 
  18, 
  destroyed 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  "reserve 
  stock" 
  of 
  

   the 
  Survey 
  publications 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  folios 
  and 
  topographic 
  

   maps 
  ; 
  the 
  total 
  loss 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  $75,000. 
  Fortunately 
  a 
  recent 
  

   transfer 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  Printing 
  Office 
  saved 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  publications 
  from 
  destruction 
  and 
  thus 
  prevented 
  a 
  much 
  

   larger 
  loss. 
  A 
  new 
  fireproof 
  building, 
  to 
  cost 
  about 
  $2,500,000, 
  is 
  

   in 
  prospect, 
  but 
  unfortunate 
  delays 
  in 
  Congress 
  have 
  postponed 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  construction 
  for 
  another 
  year. 
  

  

  2. 
  ^Bureau 
  of 
  Mines, 
  United 
  States. 
  — 
  Recent 
  publications 
  

   include 
  the 
  following 
  (see 
  vol. 
  xxxv, 
  p. 
  330) 
  : 
  

  

  Bulletins. 
  — 
  No. 
  48. 
  Selection 
  of 
  explosives 
  used 
  in 
  engineer- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  mining 
  operations 
  ; 
  by 
  Clarence 
  Hall 
  and 
  S. 
  P. 
  

   Howell. 
  Pp. 
  50 
  ; 
  3 
  pis., 
  7 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  52. 
  Ignition 
  of 
  mine 
  gases 
  by 
  the 
  filaments 
  of 
  incandes- 
  

   cent 
  electric 
  lamps 
  ; 
  by 
  H. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  and 
  L. 
  C. 
  Ilsley. 
  Pp. 
  31 
  ; 
  

   6 
  pis., 
  2 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  54. 
  Foundry-cupola 
  gases 
  and 
  temperatures 
  ; 
  by 
  A. 
  W. 
  

   Belden. 
  Pp. 
  29 
  ; 
  4 
  pis., 
  16 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  55.. 
  The 
  commercial 
  trend 
  of 
  the 
  gas-producer 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  ; 
  by 
  R. 
  H. 
  Fernald. 
  Pp. 
  92 
  ; 
  1 
  pi., 
  4 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  62. 
  National 
  Mine-Rescue 
  and 
  First-Aid 
  Conference, 
  

   Pittsburgh, 
  Pa., 
  September 
  23-26, 
  1912 
  ; 
  by 
  H. 
  M. 
  Wilson. 
  

   Pp. 
  74. 
  

  

  No. 
  63. 
  Sampling 
  coal 
  deliveries, 
  and 
  types 
  of 
  Government 
  

   specifications 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  coal 
  ; 
  by 
  G. 
  S. 
  Pope. 
  Pp. 
  68, 
  

   3 
  pis., 
  3 
  figs. 
  

  

  No. 
  65. 
  Oil 
  and 
  gas 
  wells 
  through 
  workable 
  coal 
  beds 
  ; 
  papers 
  

   and 
  discussions 
  ; 
  by 
  G. 
  S. 
  Rice, 
  O. 
  P. 
  Hood, 
  and 
  others. 
  Pp. 
  

   101, 
  1 
  pi. 
  

  

  Also 
  Technical 
  Papers, 
  Nos. 
  14, 
  31, 
  36, 
  38,40, 
  46, 
  48, 
  52, 
  53. 
  

  

  3. 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  o/JVeio 
  Jersey 
  ; 
  Henry 
  B. 
  Kummel, 
  State 
  

   Geologist. 
  — 
  Bulletins 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  have 
  recently 
  appeared. 
  No. 
  8 
  

   contains 
  the 
  annual 
  administrative 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  

   for 
  1912, 
  and 
  two 
  Appendixes. 
  The 
  first 
  appendix 
  describes 
  the 
  

   improvements 
  of 
  Shark 
  River 
  Inlet 
  as 
  ordered 
  by 
  the 
  legislature 
  

   of 
  May 
  1, 
  1911 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  C. 
  C. 
  Vermeule, 
  Consulting 
  Engi- 
  

   neer. 
  Appendix 
  B 
  gives 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  new 
  bench 
  marks 
  in 
  some 
  eight 
  

   counties. 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  9, 
  compiled 
  by 
  Alanson 
  Skinner 
  and 
  Max 
  Schra- 
  

   bisch, 
  is 
  a 
  preliminary 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  archaeological 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  The 
  first 
  chapter 
  describes 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  Indian 
  remains 
  

   found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  chapters 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   camp. 
  sites 
  and 
  rock 
  shelters 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  A 
  

   map 
  accompanies 
  the 
  report, 
  showing 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  archaeo- 
  

   logical 
  remains. 
  

  

  