272  BIBLIOGRAPHY    OF    NORTH    AMERICAN    GEOLOGY 
Poole  (Henry  S. )— Continued. 
11.  Is  there  coal  under  Prince  Edward  Island? 
Nova  Scotian  Inst.  Sci.,  Proc.  &  Trans.,  vol.  11,  pp.  1-7,  1905. 
Discusses  the  indications  afforded  by  the  geological  structure  of  the  island  and  adjoining 
regions  as  to  the  presence  of  coal  in  the  strata  underlying  the  island. 
Porter  (Fred  B.). 
1.  Analyses  of  the  Mississippian   (Subcarboniferous)   limestone  from  the  Atchison 
[Kansas]  prospect  well. 
Kans.  Acad.  Sci.,  Trans.,  vol.  17,  p.  52,  1901. 
Porter  (T.  G). 
1.  Volcanic  dust  from  the  West  Indies. 
Nature,  vol.  66,  pp.  131-132,  2  tigs.,  1902. 
Describes  the  characters  of  volcanic  dust  derived  from  recent  eruptions. 
Powers  (H.  C). 
1.  The  smoking  bluffs  of  the  Missouri  River  region. 
Sioux  City  Acad.  Sci.  and  Letters,  vol.  1,  pp.  57-60, 1904. 
Describes  the  phenomenon  and  explains  it  as  due  to  disintegration  under  atmospheric  action 
of  the  iron  pyrites  in  Cretaceous  deposits. 
Prather  (John  K. ). 
1.  On  the  fossils  of  the  Texas  Cretaceous,  especially  those  collected  at  Austin  and 
Waco. 
Tex.  Acad.  Sci.,  Trans.,  vol.  4,  pp.  85-87,  1901. 
Discusses  the  occurrence  of  fossils  and  gives  faunal  lists. 
2.  A  preliminary  report  on   the  Austin  chalk  underlying  Waco,   Texas,  and  the 
adjoining  territory. 
Tex.  Acad.  Sci.,  Trans.,  vol.  4,  pt.  2,  no.  8,  pp.  1-8,  [115-122],  1  pi.,  1902. 
Describes  the  lithology  and  stratigraphy  of  this  formation  and  the  underlying  marl. 
2.  Glauconite. 
Jour.  Geol.,  vol.  13,  pp.  509-513,  1  pi.,  1905. 
Discusses  the  occurrence,  character,  and  origin  of  glauconite  from  the  Cretaceous  of  New- 
Jersey. 
4.  The  Atlantic  Highlands  section  of  the  New  Jersey  Cretan  <•. 
Am.  Geol.,  vol.  36,  pp.  162-178,  3  pis.,  1905. 
Describes  the  occurrence,  relations,  and  lithologic  characters  of  Cretaceous  formations  in 
eastern  New  Jersey,  and  gives  a  list  of  the  fossils  from  the  Navesink  marl. 
Pratt  (Joseph  Hyde). 
1.  A  peculiar  iron  of  supposed  meteoric  origin  from  Davidson  County,  North  Caro- 
lina. 
Elisha  Mitchell  Sci.  Soc,  Jour.,  17th  year,  pt.  2,  pp.  21-26,  1901. 
Describes  character  of  the  material  and  gives  chemical  analysis. 
2.  The  occurrence  and  distribution  of  corundum  in  the  United  States. 
U.  S.  Geol.  Surv.,  Bull.  no.  180,  pp.  1-98,  14  pis.,  14  figs.,  1901. 
Describes  the  modes  of  occurrence  and  distribution  of  corundum  and  the  corundum  localities 
in  the  United  States. 
3.  On  northupite;  pirssonite,  a  new  mineral;  gay-lussite  and  hanksite  from  Borax 
Lake,  San  Bernardino  County,  California. 
Yale  Bicentennial  publications.    Cont.  to  Mineral. and  Petrog.,  pp.  261-274,  1901.    (From  Am. 
Jour.  Sci.,  vol.  2,  pp.  128-135,  1896.) 
4.  The  mining  industry  in  North  Carolina  during  1900. 
N.  C.  Geol.  Surv.,  Economic  Papers,  no.  4,  36  pp.,  1901. 
Contains  notes  on  the  occurrence  of  economic  products  and  minerals. 
5.  Gold  deposits  of  Arizona. 
Eng.  &  Mg.  Jour.,  vol.  73,  pp.  795-796,  2  tigs.,  1902. 
Presents  a  map  showing  the  location  of  the  various  gold  deposits  and  describes  the  occurrence 
of  gold  ores  in  certain  districts. 
