Personal and Scicntitic News. 191 
Dr. a. S. Packard, celebrated morphologist and geolo- 
gist of Brown University, died February 14th at 66 years 
of age. 
United States Geological Survey. 
-Among the recent publications of the Survey are the 
following : 
"Mineral resources for 1903." 
'^Comparison of a wet and crucible-fire methods for the 
assay of gold telluride ores, with notes on the errors occur- 
ring in the operations of fire assay and parting," by W. F. 
Hillebrand and E. T. Allen. Bulletin No. 253. 
"The southern Appalachian forests," by H. B. Ayres 
and W. W. Ashe. Professional Paper No. 37. 
"Primary triangulation and primary traverse, 1903-4," 
by S. S. Gannett. Bulletin No. 245. 
"The Huron (S. D.) Folio," No. 113, by J. E. Todd. 
"A gazetteer of Indian Territory," by Henry Gannett. 
Bulletin No. 248. 
"Zinc and lead deposits of northwestern Illinois," by 
H. Foster Bain. Bulletin No. 246. 
"Geology of the Perry Basin, Maine," by G. O. Smith 
and David White, Professional Paper No. 35. 
"Rock cleavage," by C. K. Leith, Bull. No. 239. 
"The water resources of the Philadelphia district," by 
Florence Bascom. Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 
106. 
"The geology of the Hudson valley between the Hoosic 
and the Kind-erhook," by T. Nelson Dale. Bull. No. 242. 
Bulletin No. 254 is devoted to the Cripple Creek dis- 
trict and contains a summary of facts bearing upon the 
economic development of this famous gold district. This 
report is by Waldemar Lindgren and F. L. Ransome and 
is issued in advance of the final report on the district, which 
final report will contain detailed descriptions made possible 
by the resurvey of this area completed last year. 
"Economic geology of the lola (Kansas) quadrangle," 
bv G. I. Adams, Erasmus Haworth and W. R. Crane. Bull. 
No. 238. 
Globe (Arizona) folio, by F. L. Ransome. 
Bisbee (Arizona) folio, by F. L. Ransome. 
Among the topographic maps recently issued are: Ann 
Arbor, Mich.; Assiniboine, Havre, Yantic, Chinook, Mont.; 
Cripple Creek special map, Colo. 
Geological Society of Washington. At the mpetincr 
on December 14th Mr. G. K. Gilbert presented a paper on 
"Crescentic gouges on glaciated surfaces." 
