REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1902 rl3 



and Limestone valleys from the west and outward on the east. 

 These waters also cut the channels and bluffs bordering the 

 low plain all the way from Syracuse to Rome, as described in 

 the paper, " Later and Lower Pre-Iroquois Channels/' in the 

 21st annual report of the State geologist. 



The systematic treatment of the whole complex problem of 

 the glacial waters in western New York will be covered, in a 

 series of final papers, as follows: 



1 Glacial waters in the Erie basin 



2 Glacial waters in the Genesee basin 



3 Glacial waters in the Finger lakes region 



4 Pre-Iroquois glacial waters of Mohawk drainage 



5 Lake Iroquois, in New York 



Paper 1 is partly written and the field work relating to it will 

 probably be completed early in the coming autumn or spring, and 

 the manuscript of the paper be ready for the printer in 1904. 



Economic geology 



In this branch, Museum bulletin 44, the report on the cement 

 industries of the State by Dr Heinrich Ries has been completed 

 and will soon be issued from the press. Museum bulletin 61 on 

 bluestone quarries is also in the printer's hands. Local observa- 

 tions have been made on the various economic industries in dif- 

 ferent sections of the State by Professors Bishop, Sarle, Hopkins, 

 Smyth and Logan, and their communications printed herewith 

 form a report of progress for the fiscal year. 



