64 The American Geologist. July, 1900 
The New Work on the Glacial Geology of New 
York state, just begun by the state survey, will deal at first 
with the history of the Hudson valley, of the erosive and 
constructive action as shown b)- Long Island and the valley 
of the river farther north, of the submarine trough to the 
southeast, etc. At present Mr. Woodworth is engaged in 
the vicinity of Oj'ster Bay, Long Island, upon a rather com- 
plex series of deposits. 
The recently Established American Museum Jour- 
nal aims to be "a popular record of the progress of the 
American Museum of Natural History" of New York. Its 
evident purpose is to make known in an agreeable and non- 
technical manner whatever is of general interest in the sci- 
entific work, expeditions, collections, and current accesssi- 
ons of the Museum. The more noteworthy features of Num- 
ber I are its excellent illustrations, the incisive sketch of the 
early histor)- of the institution, the account of the Museum's 
ethnological work in northeastern Asia, the description of a 
recent gift of fossil fishes, and the article on the Museum's 
work in the long-buried cities of Mexico and Central Amer- 
ica. Information regarding lecture courses and scientific 
publications is to be given every month. 
The Engineering and Mining Journal of June 9th 
published the full tables of mineral and metal production of the 
United States in 1899 as prepared for the "Mineral Industry," 
Volume VIII. This production, valued at the mines or fur- 
naces, amounted to $1,211,361,861, the largest amount on rec- 
ord for the United States or any other country. Deducting 
certain necessary duplications, the net value of the mineral 
production in 1899 was $1,118,780,830. against $799,518,033 in 
1898, showing an increase last year of $319,262,797, or 39.9 per 
cent. This great amount came partly from the increase in 
quantities and partly from general advances in values. The 
United States last year was the greatest producer of coal, salt, 
iron, copper, silver and lead in the world; also of many of the 
less important metals and minerals. 
Tlie extent of our production is shown by the figures, 
which include 252,115,387 short tons of coal, 13,400.735 long 
tons of pig iron. 581,319.091 pounds of copper. 217.085 tons 
of lead. 129.675 tons of zinc, 57.126,834 ounces of silver, and 
$70,096,021 in gold. 
Work of the United States Geologicat. Survey in 
Maska. The following plan for Government work in Alaska 
during the season of 1900, submitted by the Director of the 
U. S. Geological Survey, has received the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Exploration, Copper River District. 
Chettyna party. — Reliable reports by officers of the Geolo- 
