FIFTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1908 



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Survey and make such corrections as he may be able to from the 

 State Survey records. These lists will then be returned to the 

 Division of Mineral Resources of the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey. 



Blanks for the collection of the statistics will be printed each year 

 at the expense of the United States Geological Survey. Franked 

 envelops for the transmission of the statistical blanks will be ad- 

 dressed in the office of the Federal Survey, and the blanks either 

 numbered or having the name and address of the operator written 

 thereon will be inclosed in these envelops with a circular letter from 

 the Director of the Geological Survey. A franked envelop ad- 

 dressed to the State Geologist will be inclosed in the envelop with 

 the circular letter and blanks and all will be sent unsealed to "the 

 State Geologist in order that he may inclose such additional circular 

 to the operators as he may desire sent. By rubber stamp or other- 

 wise the State Geologist will also indicate on the blank that the 

 work is done by cooperation of the two surveys. On the return 

 of the blanks to the State Geologist, he will have each report care- 

 fully scrutinized and see that it is in proper form for tabulation. 

 He will make such transcript for his own uses as he may desire 

 and then forward the reports to the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey. The second request for reports from producers who have not 

 responded to the first inquiries will be prepared in the same manner 

 in the office of the Federal Survey and transmitted to the State 

 Geologist. If it is found advisable to send additional inquiries by 

 mail the same plan will be followed except in the case of registering 

 the letters, in which case they will have to be mailed from Washing- 

 ton. After the attempts to secure returns by mail have been ex- 

 hausted the State Geologist will undertake to secure the reports 

 from the delinquent operators by personal visits of himself or as- 

 sistants. 



In the publication of the statistical reports of the State Survey 

 and of the United States Geological Survey, credit for the coop- 

 erative plan will be given. 



John M. Clarke E. W. Parker 



State Geologist Statistician in Charge, 



Division of Mineral Resources, 

 United States Geological Survey 



During the period in which the statistics have been collected, 

 there has been a very satisfactory growth of the mineral industries 

 of the State. The total output of all materials reported by the 

 Individual producers for 1907 was valued at $37,427,405. The 

 corresponding values for previous years were: $37,132,832 in 

 [506; $35,470,987 in 1905 and $28,812,595 in 1904. The different 

 items entering into the calculations number about 35 and include 

 only the crude products or such as are in their first marketable 

 forms. 



