weeks.] PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY, 1895. 23 
B. 
15 Bache (Franklin). Coal sections developed by recent operations in 
Wise County, Virginia. 
Am. Inst. Mg. Engrs., Trans., vol. xxiv, pp. 70-80. 
Describes the coal developments and gives sections from various parts 
of the coal area of the county. 
16 Bailey (B. H. S.). Natural gas and coal oil in Kansas. 
Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. iv, pp. 1-14. 
Gives an account of the natural gas and petroleum industry of Kansas. 
17 Bailey (L. W.). Preliminary report on geological investigations in 
southwestern Nova Scotia. 
Canada Geol. Surv., Ann. Rept., 1892-93, new ser., vol. vi, Rept. Q, 21 
pp., with geologic map. 
Describes the character and distribution of the granite and of the 
Cambrian, Devonian, and Triassic formations. Includes a description 
of the economic minerals of the region. 
18 Bain (Harry Foster). Cretaceous deposits of the Sioux Valley 
[Iowa]. 
Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. iii, 2d Ann. Rept., pp. 99-114, pis. vii-viii. 
Describes the distribution and lithologic characters of the Cretaceous 
beds of northwestern Iowa and gives the sections exposed at various 
localities. 
19 Geology of Keokuk County [Iowa], 
Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. iv, 3d Ann. Rept., pp. 259-311, pi. viii, figs. 
27-29, with geologic map. 
Describes the topography and drainage of the county and the litho- 
logic and stratigraphic features of the Carboniferous and Pleistocene 
formations. Gives vertical sections of different localities, and describes 
the occurrence of coal, clay, building stone, water supply, road mate- 
rials, and mineral paint. 
20 Geology of Mahaska County [Iowa]. 
Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. iv, 3d Ann. Rept., pp. 317-380, pi. ix, figs. 30-45, 
with geologic map. 
Describes the physiography and drainage of the region and the strat- 
igraphy and lithology of the rocks of the Carboniferous and Pleisto- 
cene formations. Gives typical vertical sections, and discusses the geo- 
logic structure. Includes remarks on the occurrence of coal, clay, lime, 
building stone, soils, water supply, and road materials. 
21 Central Iowa section of the Mississippian series. 
Am. Geol., vol. xv, pp. 317-325. 
Abstract: Iowa Acad. Sci., Proc, vol. ii, p. 174. 
Describes the lithologic character of the St. Louis, Augusta, and Kin- 
derhook beds, which make up the Mississippian series in central Iowa, 
and mentions some of the characteristic fossils. Discusses the evidence 
indicating that a portion of the Kinderhook may possess closer affinities 
to the Devonian than to the Carboniferous. 
22 Pre-Glacial elevation of Iowa. 
Iowa Acad. Sci., Proc, A 7 ol. ii, pp. 23-26. 
Discusses the evidences showing that this region, in pre-Glacial time, 
stood at a considerable elevation above the present. 
