130 The American Geologist. February, 1900 
In the various departments was a large number of instruments, 
microscopes, spectroscopes, polariscopes, cameras, &c., and a valuable 
X ray apparatus recently presented by residents of Akron. 
The Geological Survey of Western Australia has 
issued a New Year's souvenir card, which not only shows 
enterprise but furnishes information. Within a gilt border 
is crowded, in a space seven and a half by two and three 
quarters inches, an amount of scenic and industrial geology, 
with artistic embellishment, not often seen in a space equal- 
ly small. In the northeast corner is the seal of the survey, 
surrounded by rock structure, vegetation and scrolls. Im- 
mediately below it is a view of an exploring party halted in 
a great canon or "the Devil's Pass, Lennard river — Kimber- 
ly, G. F.," whose vertical cliffs rise above the forest and 
valley vegetation in pinnacles and serrated outline. This is 
enclosed within an oval border outside of which are scenes 
of characteristic Australian vegetation, and a border filled 
with Tertiary fossil shells. The whole center of the card 
represents an underground mining scene with the parapher- 
nalia of an air-pressure drill at work in the overhead wall. 
The circular wreath which surrounds this scene is composed 
apparently of some coarse Australian leaves, and along the 
border above it .is an ideal section of rocky strata with ex- 
aggerated dikes, dips and non-conformable structures. The 
left-hand one-third of the card has three views, besides the 
embellished border which is similar to that already de- 
scribed. The chief of these is a Gothic stone structure, 
built in form of a Greek cross, with low walls but high sharp 
gables and steep roofs, evidently a costly and elegant build- 
ing, properly fenced and shaded, labelled "office and mus- 
eum." One of the others shows an old-fashioned well-sweep, 
and is labelled "well on the Murchison," This probably 
represents some interesting locality, but to an American un- 
acquainted with Australian local history its significance is 
not apparent. To the right of this well-sweep is seen ap- 
parently a new mining town with steam and smoke stacks, 
labeled "Lake View, G. M." The whole is printed on light 
green Bristol card, in blue ink, and the draughtsman's name 
is R. H. Irwin. Sands and McDougal, Limited, printers, 
Perth. The chief geologist's name is not given, but from 
other sources it is known to be A. G. Maitland. 
Prof. Thomas Egleston, of the Columbia College 
School of Mines, died in New York, Jan. 15, aged 67 years. 
A brief sketch of his life, with portrait, is in the Engineering 
and Mining Journal for Jan. 20. 
