Oct.  1895. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
E.  R.  SNABLE,  Summit,  111. 
Piece  of  limestone  with  bitumen. 
ILLINOIS  STEEL  CO.,  South  Chicago,  111. 
20  specimens  of  iron  ores,  8  specimens  fuels  and  slags. 
B.  A.  ECKHART,  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago. 
Map  showing  entire  Drainage  Canal. 
W.B.  DAVEXPORT,  Chicago.. 
7  specimens  illustrating  the  occurrence  of  gold — Cal. 
MATTHIESSEN  &  HEGELER  ZINC  CO.,  La  Salle,  Ills. 
Specimens  illustrating  the  extraction  of  zinc. 
FRANK  MANSON,  Chicago. 
Specimens  of  ores  and  minerals. 
GEO.  W.  GOETZ,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Piece  of  iron  forged  and  rolled  from  iron  2000  years  old. 
JOHN  BROWN  &  CO.,  Sheffield,  Eng. 
Serve's  ribbed  steel  tubes. 
J.  W.  LAMB,  Chicago. 
Marcasite  specimens. 
ALBERT  S.  GAGE,  Chicago. 
Collection  of  ores. 
B.  S.  MILLSPAUGH,  Windsor  Park,  Ills. 
Onyx  marble. 
THE  CARBORUNDUM  CO.,  Monongahela,  Penn. 
Carborundum  (Carbide  of  Silicon)  crude  and  manufactured. 
T.  J.  GRIER,  Lead  City,  South  Dakota. 
Free  gold  in  quartz. 
W.  L.  MILLIKEN,  Chicago. 
Egyptian  Jasper  or  Argillyte. 
PICHER  LEAD  CO.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Specimens  illustrating  Lewis-Bartlett  lead  process. 
PETER  KOFOD,  Chicago. 
Quartz  containing  porphyritic  crystals  of  Orthoclase. 
MAT.  GEO.  D.  MILES,  Old  Fort,  N.  C. 
5  specimens  of  Garnet  Sands,  1  specimen  of  Mo?iazite. 
W.  A.  GRIFFIN,  Griffin,  111. 
1  specimen  of  Chalcedony  in  coral. 
DR.  ROBERT  PARHAM,  Chicago. 
1  slab  of  stalagmite  marble  (polished.) 
ILLINOIS  TERRA  COTTA  &  LUMBER  CO.,  Chicago. 
1  specimen  of  porous  partition  tile. 
W.  W.  HILL,  South  Dakota. 
1  specimen  of  clav. 
HENRY  W.  NICHOLS,  Field  Columbian  Museum, 
Zinc  ores  and  accessory  minerals,  zinc  minerals. 
6  fossils. 
1  specimen  of  slate. 
MRS.  F.  W.  PARKER,  Chicago. 
55  samples  of  sand  of  different  colors — The  Dells  of  Wisconsin. 
PRINCE  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  New  York. 
9  specimens  of  crude  and  finished  mineral  paints. 
F.  M.  SMITH,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
20  specimens  illustrating  mining  and  refining  of  borax — Californi 
EDWARD  E.  AYER,  Chicago. 
Specimens  of  gold  ore. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  HISTORY. 
LIEUT.  E.  H  REED,  Chicago. 
Old  release  deed.  1760. 
