266 Charles Whittlesey.— A. Winchell. 
northern regions explored contained original matter of scien- 
tific as well as economic interest. This is especially true » 
his discussions of the Menominee and Penokie iron regions.* 
His researches on the copper deposits of lake Superior were 
important ;'" and many questions of great interest were treated 
by his versatile pen." 
For several years, prior to 1869, colonel Whittlesey urged 
upon the public of Ohio the necessity of a reorganization of 
the State geological survey. When the bill was finally passed 
he fondly "hoped to be the chief of the survey in his own 
state." He had for over thirty years labored to familiarize 
himself with its natural features, and was generally recognized 
as eminently fit to direct the work of a survey. But the 
appointing power deemed it wise to appoint another. Colonel 
Whittlesey was offered a subordinate position but declined it. 
As an archseologist colonel Whittlese}^ was early in the field, 
was fortunate in the material accessible, industrious in its in- 
vestigation, and fruitful in results. His name will always 
hold high rank among American students. The fruits of his 
earlier labors were generously surrendered, in 1845 and 1846, 
to Messrs. Squier and Davis, and were embodied with due 
acknowledgments, in their memoir constituting the first vol- 
ume of the Smithsonian "Contributions to Knowledge." A 
further installment of results was published in 1850, as one of 
the Smithsonian "contributions," and another in 1862.'^ Nu- 
® Ferruginous quartz from Menominee river, pp. 12. (Cleveland 
Acad. Nat. Sci., Dec. 11, 1856). The Penokie mineral range, Ashland 
county. Wis., 4to, pp. 10. (Proc. Boa. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1863). Report 
upon the Magnetic Iron property, Ashland county, Wis. Maps. pp. ?• 
The Menominee iron region, pp. 4. (Kirtland Soc. Nat. Sci., Cleve- 
land, 1880). 
^"Copper Regions of lake Superior, 12 mo. pp. 64, 1846. Report of 
explorations on the south side of lake Superior, in Wisconsin, with 
fine map, 4to, pp. 23. (D. D. Owen's Geological Rep., Washington, 
1852). The Penokee copper range. (Pamphlet, 1864.) 
" Agricultural resources of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (Mich. 
Agric. Rep., Nov. 1854). Mineral resources of the Rocky mountains, 
pp. 64, colored map, small, 8vo, 1865. Origin of mountain chains, pp. 
4. (Proc. A. A. A. Sci., Portland, 1873). Physical Geology of lake 
Superior. lUus. and map, pp. 12. (Proc. .\. A. A. Sci., Detroit, 1875). 
On the origin of mineral veins, pp. 4. (Proc. A. A. A. Sci., Buffalo, 
1876.) 
1^ Ancient Earth-works in Ohio, 4to, 7 plates, pp. 20. (Smithsonian 
Contributions, vol. in, Art. 7). Ancient mining on the shores of lake 
Superior, 4to, pp. 29, colored folding map and illustrations. (Smith- 
sonian Contributions.) 
