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slightly modified near the surface by the glacial lakes then held by the 
ice barriers at bights much above the present lakes. w. u. 
Washington Geological Survey, Vol. i, Annual Report for 1901 ; in six 
parts. Henry I-andes, State Geologist, Olympia, Wash., Gwin 
Hicks, State Printer, 1902. 
The state geological survey of the state of Washington (such is 
the official title) was established in 1901 by an act of the legislature 
and the sum of $5,000 annually appropriated for the purpose of carry- 
ing out the provisions of the act. Professor Henry Landes of the 
University of Washington was chosen state geologist. Professor 
Solon Shedd, W. S. Thyng, and D. A. Lyon were appointed geolo- 
gists, and Chas. E. Caches, George W. Evans, Louis Pohle. and Lewis 
i>. Ryan field assistants for 1901. 
The first report which appears with creditable promptness and in 
good form from the state printer consists of the following papers : 
Part i. Creation of a state geological survey, and an outline of the 
geology of Washington, by Henry Landes. This latter is a brief ac- 
coivnt of existing knowledge of the geological provinces of the state 
and is accompanied by a process reproduction of a model of the sur- 
face and a prelimii.xary geological map in black-line. Part ii is a 
report on the metalliferous resources of Washington, except iron, 
which presents a useful summary of the existing mines and ore-bodies 
in sight. Part iii deals with the ,non-metalliferous resources, except 
coal, including the building and ornamental stones, the soils and 
road-metals, with a discussion of the conditions in which petroleum 
is to be sought in western Washington. Part iv deals with the iron 
ores and coal deposits of the state. Part v deals with the water re- 
sources of the state. Part vi is a bibliography of the literature re- 
ferring to the geology of the state. 
The purpose of the organizers of the survey in giving accent to the 
economic aspects of the geology of the state has been fully carried 
out and the state geologist and his associates are to be complimented 
on the large amount of information which they have gathered in this 
annual report- Reports of this character cannot but prove a good 
investment for the state in making better known its natural stores 
of wealth and in enlisting capital and guiding an intelligent develop- 
ment of the conunonwealth. j. B. w- 
MONTHLY AUTHOR'S CATALOGUE 
OF AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL LITERATURE 
ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 
AMI, H. M. 
Field notes on the g-eolog-y of the country about Chelsea, Que- 
bec. (Ot. Nat., vol. 16, Oct., 1902, p. 149.) 
BRANNER, J. C. (and J. F. NEWSOM). 
The Phosphate rocks of Arkansas. (Bull. Ark. Ex. Sta., No. 74, 
pp. 60-123, 1902.) 
