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409 Klittke (M.). Entwicklung, Organization und Leistungen der geo- 
logischen Landesaufnabmen in der Yereingten Staaten von 
Nordamerika. 
Zeit. fiir prak. Geo]., 1896, pp. 211-213 and 289-352, 1896. 
Gives a historical sketch of the work of the LI. S. Geological Survey 
and of the other National and State geological surveys. 
410 Knerr (E. B.). A geologic section from Atchison to Banes [Kansas] 
along the central branch of the Missouri Pacific Bailway. 
Univ. Geol. Surv. of Kans., vol i, pp. 140-144, pi. viii, 1896. 
Describes the succession of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carbonifer- 
ous beds of the region. 
411 Coal in Atchison County, Kans. 
Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans., vol. xiv, pp. 216-217, 1896. 
Describes the occurrence of coal in the bluffs of the Missouri River, 
near the city of Atchison, and gives its chemical analyses. 
412 Knight (F. C). A suspected new mineral from Cripple Creek [Colo- 
rado]. 
Read before the Colorado Scientific Society, in Denver, Colo., Oct. 1, 
1894, 6 pp. 
Describes the chemical character of the material. 
413 Knight (Wilbur C). The Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming. 
Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol. lxi, pp. 87-88, 1896. 
Describes briefly the Cretaceous strata in which the oil occurs. 
414 The geology and technology of the Bait Creek oil field [Wyo- 
ming]. 
Wyoming Univ., School of Mines, Petroleum series, Bull. No. 1, 22 
pp., 1896. 
Describes the character and occurrence of the oil in'Cretaceous strata. 
415 Knowlton (F. H.). Report on the fossil plants collected in Alaska 
in 1895 ? as well as an enumeration of those previously known 
from the same region, with a table showing their relative 
distribution. 
U. S. Geol. Surv., 17th Ann. Rept., Pt. I, pp..876-897, 1896. 
Gives a list of fossil plants and localities from which they were col- 
lected, and a table showing their distribution. 
416 The fossil plants of the Denver Basin [Colorado]. 
U. S. Geol. Surv., Mon. xxvii, pp. 466-473, 1896. 
Gives a list of fossil plants from the Dakota group and a brief account 
of the flora of the Dakota, Laramie, and Denver beds. 
4L7 Report on the flora of Independence Hill [California.]. 
Jour, of Geol., vol. iv., pp. 886-893, 1896. 
Gives a list of the fossils collected and discusses their relations with 
Tertiarv faunas of other regions. 
