Oct.  1898. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
299 
Collected  by  O.  C.  Farrington  : 
2  specimens  of  weathered  limestone. 
4  specimens  of  Trenton  fossils. 
115  specimens  of  gold  ore,  gypsum,  lignite,  building  stones,  minerals,  fos- 
sil leaves,  brachiopods,  corals  and  miscellaneous  specimens — Black 
Hills,  S.  D.,  and  Buffalo,  Wyo. 
143  specimens  of  golden  Calcite  with  Barite,  Calcite  crystals,  Geodes, 
Baculites,  Scaphites,  etc. 
Collected  by  O.  C.  Farrington  and  H.  W.  Nichols  : 
15  specimens,  series  of  beach  pebbles — Chicago. 
Collected  by  O.  C.  Farrington  and  E.  S.  Riggs  : 
About  250  specimens  of  Vertebrate  fossils — Bad  Lands,  S.  D. 
Collected  by  H.  W.  Nichols  : 
9  specimens  of  brick  clay,  slags,  soils,  etc. 
Large  group  of  Octahedral,  Galena  and  Sphalerite. 
Large  group  of  crystallized  Calcite. 
53  specimens  of  zinc  and  lead  ores  with  their  associated  minerals. 
119  specimens  of  zinc  and  lead  ores  and  associated  minerals  of  Joplin, 
Mo.,  and  vicinity. 
12  specimens  of  raw,  treated  and  burned  clays. 
9  specimens  of  sub-carboniferous  fossils. 
1  specimen  of  spherical  siliceous  concretion. 
Purchases  : 
2  specimens  of  Rhodochrosite  ( purchased  from  Maynard  Bixby,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah). 
11  casts  of  meteorites  (purchased  from  D.  Brucciani  &  Co.,  40  Russell 
street,  London,  England). 
5  mineral  specimens,  Amber  Aphrosiderite,  Quartz  and  Amethyst  (pur- 
chased from  Lydia  A.  Dexter,  2920  Calumet  Ave.,  Chicago). 
1  petrified  egg  (purchased  from  Kelley  Robinson,  Dakota  City,  S.  D.). 
Full-sized  section  of  Sacramento  Mts.  meteorite,  weight  2,330  grammes 
(purchased  from  A.  E.  Foote,  1317  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia  Pa.). 
22  specimens  of  carboniferous  fossils,  ferns  and  calamites  (purchased 
from  John  Keay,  6009  La  Salle  St.,  Chicago). 
1  specimen  of  Basalt  containing  native  iron — Disco  Island,  Greenland 
(purchased  from  Hugh  J.  Lee,  Meriden,  Conn.). 
12  specimens  of  Barite,  Smithsonite,  Limonite,  etc.  (purchased  from  G. 
W.  Taylor,  984  63d  St.,  Chicago). 
Head  and  portion  of  skeleton  of  ETotherium  sp.,  1  Placenticeras  Placenta, 
18  inches  in  diameter  (purchased  from  Charles  F.  Thompson,  Plym- 
outh, Ind.). 
1  iron  meteorite,  weight  540  grammes  (purchased  from  H.  R.  Voth, 
Keams  Canon,  Arizona). 
2  sections  of  Roebourne  and  Mungindi  meteorites  (purchased  from  Henry 
A.  Ward,  620  Division  St.,  Chicago). 
Full-sized  section  of  San  Angelo  (Texas)  meteorite,  weight  1,501  grammes. 
Full-sized  section  of  Tonganoxie  (Kansas)  meteorite,  weight  264 
grammes  (purchased  from  Ward's  Natural  Science  Establishment, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.). 
FITCH,  A.  B.,  Magdalena,  New  Mexico. 
Large  specimen  of  Aurichalcite. 
FULTON,  J.  L.,  Chicago. 
2  fragments  from  thigh  bone  of  Mastodon. 
GEORGIA  MARBLE  CO.,  Tate,  Pickens  Co.,  Ga. 
4  polished  slabs  of  varieties  of  Georgia  marbles. 
GOODELL,  ROBERT  WOOD,  Houghton,  Mich. 
1  specimen  of  petrified  fish,  Mioplosus  sp. — Wyoming. 
GUION,  G.  MURRAY,  in  E.  47th  St.,  Chicago. 
Block  showing  chert,  bedded  with  limestone — Joliet,  111. 
HAFER,  C.  C,  911  W.  Adams  St.,  Chicago. 
44  specimens  of  Brachiopods,  Gasteropods,  Lamellibranchs  and  Bryozoa 
from  the  Trenton  Shales,  near  Lake  Street  Bridge,  Minneapolis,  Minn 
