Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
121 
DAY,  DAVID  T.,  Chief  Mining  Dept.,  Atlanta  Exposition. 
12  specimens  of  nickel  and  gold  ores— Canada  and  South  Carolina. 
1  specimen  of  Magnesite — California. 
DERR,  H.  B.,  Chicago. 
1  specimen  of  Athyra  substellata — Illinois  Coal  Measures. 
DIXON,  CHAS.,  Elkhart,  Ind. 
Tooth  of  Elephas  primigenius,  (for  examination). 
DOTY,  DUANE,  Pullman,  111. 
1  specimen  of  crystallized  Gypsum  in  clay,  1  Gypsum  crystal — Pullman 
DUCKWORTfl,  A.  S.,  Chicago. 
100  specimens  of  Cretaceous  fossils,  representing  37  distinct  species — 
Texas,  (exchange). 
EBERSBACHER,  ALF.,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 
8  nuts  from  the  Coal  Measures  of  Mahoning  County,  Ohio. 
EHRENFELD,  FREDERICK,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
1  specimen  of  Philadelphite — Philadelphia,  Pa. 
ESCUELA  N.  de  INGENIEROS,  Mexico,  D.  F. 
15  specimens  of  minerals,  including  Apophyllite,  Calcite,  Guadalcazarite, 
Livingstonite,  Bustamite,  Xaiostocite,  etc. — Mexico,  (exchange). 
FERRIS,  DR.  U.  B.,  Chicago. 
1  slab  showing  glacial  striae — Chicago. 
FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM. 
Collected  by  O.  C.  Farrington: 
21  specimens  of  silver  ores,  El  Naval  and  A'alenciana  mines,  building 
stones,  specimens  of  Amethyst,  Dolomite,  Calcite, Quartz,  etc. — Guana- 
juato, Mexico. 
15  specimens  of  Wulfenite,  Aragonite,  lead  ore,  Anglesite,  etc. — Organ 
Mountains,  N.  M. 
24  specimens  of  silver  ore,  gangue  and  country  rock,  tufa,  etc. — Pachuca, 
Real  del  Monte,  Durango  and  Zacatecas,  Mexico. 
25  specimens  of  Martite  and  rocks  of  Cerro  Mercado — Durango,  Mexico. 
31  specimens  of  lava,  pumice,  sulphur,  glacial  bowlders,  etc.— Popoca- 
tepetl, Ixtaccihuatl,  and  Valley  of  Mexico,  Mexico. 
Purchases: 
259  specimens  of  fossils,  (60  species) —  Galveston  Deep  Well,  Texas, 
(purchased  from  J.  A.  Singley,  Giddings,  Texas). 
300  specimens  of  Chicago  fossils,  100  of  Carboniferous  fossils,  5  speci- 
mens of  Quartz,  20  of  miscellaneous  minerals,  and  45  of  shells  and 
corals,  (purchased  from  Mrs.  M.  A.  Kennicott,  Chicago). 
15  specimens  of  Cretaceous  Ammonites  and  Lamellibranchs — Livingston, 
Mont.,  (purchased  from  O.  D.  Booth,  Forsyth,  Mont.) 
25  crystals,  (purchased  from  George  L.  English  &  Co.,  New  York). 
3  specimens  of  Calcite — Joplin,  Mo.,  (purchased  from  P.  P.  Peck,  Joplin, 
Mo). 
FORDING,  D.,  Alliance,  Ohio. 
Supposed  meteoric  stone,  (for  examination). 
FURNESS,  DWIGHT,  Guanajuato,  Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Stephanite,  1  of  Native  Silver  and  1  of  chloride  silver 
ore — Mexico. 
GILL,  GEO.  C,  Olympian  Springs,  Ky. 
2  fossil  Crinoids — Salt  Lake  Creek,  Bath  County,  Ky. 
GILL,  MRS.  GEO.  C,  Olympian  Springs,  Ky. 
1  specimen  of  limonite  concretion. 
GORDON,  C.  H.,  Beloit,  Wis. 
1  specimen  of  Syenite-gneiss,  (Leopard  Rock) — High  Rock  Mine,  Ottawa, 
•  Canada. 
HAND,  N.  S.,  Silver  City,  N.  M. 
1  piece  of  Onyx,  banded — Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Cobaltite — Silver  City,  N.  M. 
