MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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REPORT ON COURSES IN MINING GEOLOGY. 



By Assistant Professor H. L. Smyth. 



In 1895-96 the courses in Mining Geology and Geological Sur- 

 veying were given by Assistant Professor Smyth, as in the year 

 preceding, in the Mineralogical Section of the University Museum, 

 where also, by the courtesy of the Department of Mineralogy and 

 Petrography, the library of Professor Pumpelly, and the special 

 collections for these courses, are still temporarily installed. 



The course in Mining Geology began with the Academic year, 

 instead of in December as in former years, and ended at the mid- 

 year examinations. It was followed in the second half-year by the 

 course in Geological Surveying. For the coming year noteworthy 

 changes are made in these courses. Mining Geology (Geology 10) 

 becomes a full course, running through the year, and is thrown 

 open to College students ; while Geological Surveying (Geology II) 

 is transferred to the new group of courses in Mining and Metal- 

 lurgy, as Mining 1, and remains open only to students in the 

 Scientific School. 



No formally announced excursions were made during the year, 

 but several students who intend to specialize in Economic Geology 

 accompanied Mr. Smyth on professional visits to Lake Superior, 

 California, and South Dakota. 



The time of the instructor, aside from his University duties, 

 was entirely devoted to the completion of a Monograph on the 

 Michigamme District in Michigan, and to the preparation of a 

 paper on Magnetic Observations in Geological Mapping, the latter 

 soon to appear in the Transactions of the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers. 



During the year considerable additions have been made, by gift 

 and purchase, to the collections in Economic Geology, the most 

 important being very complete suites of specimens of the iron ores 

 and coals of the Southern States, which were generously given by 

 many exhibitors at the Atlanta Exposition. It is to be regretted 

 that the usefulness of the collections continues to be hampered by 

 the lack of room for arrangement and study. 



