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The National Geographic Magazine 



OUR MINES AND QUARRIES 



THE United States Bureau of the 

 Census has published a handsome 

 report on the mines and quarries of the 

 United States for 1902. It is a volume 

 of 1,100 quarto pages, giving a very 

 complete and detailed account of our 

 diverse mineral resources, the annual 

 products of which are worth more than 

 $1 ,000,000,000. An interesting feature 

 of the report is the chapter on electricity 

 in mining, by Thomas C. Martin. The 

 remarkable progress made in recent 

 years in transmission of power through 

 the utilization of water-courses has en- 

 abled mining men to use electricity in 

 every branch of their work. Electric 

 locomotives have been substituted for 

 cars pulled by horses or men. Electric 

 motors are used for all kinds of work — 

 drilling, coal cutting, hoisting, pump- 

 ing, ventilating, etc. As a result a great 

 many mining regions which formerly 

 were too costly to operate from lack of 

 fuel are now worked with much profit. 



The report also contains interesting 

 chapters on copper, iron ore, gold, and 

 silver, petroleum, quarries, and every 

 important mineral. It also discusses 

 the resources of the different states. 



The census statistics were gathered 

 in collaboration with the division of the 

 mineral resources of the Geological Sur- 

 vey, among those who contributed to 

 its success being Messrs Wm. M. Steu- 

 art, Joseph D. Eewis, David T. Day, 

 F. H. Olyphant, Joseph Struthers, Story 

 B. Eadd, Joseph Hyde Pratt, George 

 F. Kunz, Joseph Middletown, George 

 P. Merrill, William F. Willoughby, and 

 Isaac A. Hourwich. 



THE HOME OF THE NATIONAL 

 GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



THE deed of trust conveying Hub- 

 bard Memorial Hall to the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society was accepted 

 by the Board of Managers on behalf of 

 the Society at a meeting held in Wash- 

 ington, June 14, 1905. By the terms 



of the deed the building is to be held by 

 Charles J. Bell, President of the Amer- 

 ican Security and Trust Company of 

 Washington, D. C, "in trust for the 

 sole use and benefit of the said National 

 Geographic Society so long, and for and 

 during such period of time, as said So- 

 ciety shall continue its corporate exist- 

 ence under its present charter, and shall 

 continue to use and occupy the said 

 land and premises and the improvements 

 thereon for the objects and purposes set 

 forth in its certificate of incorporation.'' 



In accepting the gift the Board of 

 Managers unanimously adopted the fol- 

 lowing resolution : 



"Resolved, That the National Geo- 

 graphic Society, through its Board of 

 Managers, express to the donors of 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, Gertrude M. 

 Hubbard (Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hub- 

 bard), Alexander Graham Bell, Mabel 



G. Bell (Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell), 

 Charles J. Bell, Grace Hubbard Bell 

 (Mrs. Charles J. Bell), Helen A. Bell, 

 Grace Hubbard Bell, Gertrude H. 

 Grossmann (Mrs. Peter Stuyvesant Pil- 

 lot) , Elsie Graham Bell Grosvenor ( Mrs. 

 Gilbert H. Grosvenor), Marian Graham 

 Bell (Mrs. David G. Fairchild), Gardiner 



H. Bell, Robert W. Bell, Melville Bell 

 Grosvenor, Gertrude Hubbard Grosve- 

 nor, and Rosalie Pillot, its sincere 

 thanks for their handsome gift to the 

 Society. The members of the National 

 Geographic Society appreciate the great 

 interest of the donors in the welfare and 

 work of the Society, and accept this 

 new and generous evidence of their in- 

 terest with profound gratitude." 



THE GEOGRAPHICAL BALANCE 



THE withdrawal of Norway from 

 her ninety years' union with 

 Sweden emphasizes in a rather striking 

 manner the momentous shifting in the 

 geographical balance of Europe which 

 has resulted from the Russo-Japanese 

 war. The geographical pivot of the 

 European continent has passed from 



