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Frank Carney 
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Survey has given special attention since 1896 to the mineral 
resources of Alaska, increasing the annual amount allowed for this 
study from $5,000 to $100,000. This field, therefore, offers the sur- 
vey its freest opportunity for testing its best judgment on the 
development of mineral wealth. Complete harmony of opinion does 
not prevail in reference to the management of Alaska's mineral 
resources. The activity of private corporations in Alaska as well as 
the advice of experts acting for the government have led to con- 
tentions and much unpleasantness. Another generation will estimate 
more fairly these matters of dispute. 
Mining Schools. The demand that college students might re- 
ceive a training which would make them useful in mining operations 
led many years ago to the introduction of certain courses in mining, 
chiefly in technical institutions. Since then, departments of mining 
engineering have been established in other colleges. A later develop- 
ment is the founding of regular mining colleges. Within the last 
decade several large universities have organized schools of mining 
engineering, making use of courses already being offered and adding 
new courses to the several departments concerned. All of this 
development is indicative of the increasing demand for trained men 
in exploiting our mineral resources. 
Work in Paleontology. This fundamental side of geology, oldest 
in popular interest, if not also in the development of the science, has 
made remarkable progress during the last twenty-five years. A 
measure of this progress is seen in the organization of the Paleon- 
tological Society in the year 1909, which works in co-operation with 
the Geological Society of America, of which, in reality, it is an 
out-growth. 
The remarkable literature, both in volume and content, ac- 
cumulated by paleontologists has necessitated the publishing of 
bibliographic indexes by the Federal Survey and the U. S. National 
Museum. The high standard of publications, particularly in the 
great expense required for the plates produced, by both the Federal 
and State Surveys, attests the sustained interest of the public, and 
the productiveness of the workers, in this field of geology. 
Geological Survey of Ohio. The formation of the Third Survey 
of this state was almost coincident with the founding of the Ohio 
Academy of Science. When J. S. Newberry withdrew from the office 
of state geologist, the survey activities were placed in the hands of 
Edward Orton, Sr., who completed the work then under way, that is 
