CONTENTS.  5 
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Petroleum,  natural  gas,  and  asphalt. _      436 
Colorado: 
The  Florence,  Colo. ,  oil  field,  by  N.  M.  Fenneman 436 
Indian  Territory: 
Notes  on  the  geology  of  the  Muscogee  oil  field,  by  J.  A.  Taff  and 
M.  K.  Shaler 441 
Kansas: 
Oil  and  gas  in  the  Independence  quadrangle,  by  F.  C.  Schrader  and 
Erasmus  Haworth ■ 446 
Texas-Louisiana : 
Oil  fields  of  the  Texas-Louisiana  Gulf  coast,  by  N.  M.  Fenneman  . .       459 
Utah: 
Oil  and  asphalt  prospects  in  Salt  Lake  basin,  by  J.  M.  Boutwell  _ .  _       468 
Natural  gas  near  Salt  Lake  City,  by  G.  B.  Richardson. .       480 
Publications  on  petroleum,  natural  gas,  and  asphalt . .  _       484 
Building  stone 1 486 
Eastern  United  States: 
Slate  investigations  during  1 904,  by  T.  Nelson  Dale 486 
Maine: 
The  granite  industry  of  the  Penobscot  Bay  quadrangle,  by  G.  O. 
Smith 489 
Geological  Survey  publications  on  building  stone  and  road  metal 493 
Portland,  natural,  and  puzzolan  cements 494 
General  United  States: 
The  American  cement  industry,  by  E.  C.  Eckel 496 
Kansas: 
Portland-cement  resources  of  the  Independence   quadrangle,  by 
Erasmus  Haworth  and  F.  C.  Schrader _ .  _ 506 
Mississippi: 
Cement  resources  of  northeast  Mississippi,  by  A .  F.  Crider 510 
New  York: 
Portland-cement  resources  of  New  York,  by  E.  C.  Eckel 522 
Virginia: 
Cement  materials  of  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  by  R.  S.  Bassler 531 
Publications  on  Portland,  natural,  and  puzzolan  cements.  545 
}lays,  fuller's  earth,  etc 546 
Kansas: 
Clay  industries  of  the  Independence  district,  bv  F.  C.  Schrader  and 
Erasmus  Haworth 546 
Washington: 
The  clay  deposits  of  Washington,  by  Henry  Landes 550 
Wyoming: 
The  bentonite  deposits  of  Wyoming,  by  C.  A.  Fisher 550 
Geological  Survey  publications  on  clays,  fuller  s  earth,  etc 564 
alt,  gypsum,  etc 565 
New  Mexico: 
Zuni  salt  deposits,  by  N,  H.  Darton 565 
New  York: 
Salt  and  other  resources  of  the  Watkins  Glen  district,  by  E.  M. 
Kindle 567 
Texas: 
Salt,  gypsum,  and  petroleum  in  trans-Pecos,  Texas,  by  G.  B.  Rich- 
ardson   573 
Geological  Survey  publications  on  salt,  gypsum,  borax,  soda,  etc  -..  586 
