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From page 28... ... SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES The Geological Survey is directed to' study the geological formation of the State with reference to its resources of coal, ores, clays, building stones, cement,- materials suitable for use in the construction of roads, gas, mineral and artesian water, and other products; to publish from time to time, topographical, geological, and other maps to illustrate the resources of the State; to publish from time to time bulletins giving a general and detailed description of the geological and mineral resources of the State; to cooperate with the United States Geological Survey in the preparation and completion of a contour topographical survey and map; to distribute, at its discretion, to the various educational institutions of the State, specimens, samples, and materials collected by it, after the same have served the purposes of the department. ORGANIZATION The Illinois Geological Survey is a division of the Department of Registration and Education, and is controlled by a Board of Natural Resources and Conservation. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... These students are paid on anxiously basis, the wages ranging from thirty-five to sixty cents per hour. APPROPRIATIONS Appropriations for the Survey are made biennially by the State Legislature; there is no other source of support except the allotments made by the United States Geological Survey for cooperative topographic mapping. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 1911 Since 1911 some 13,000 square miles have been mapped geologically in detail, partly in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. The coal resources of each mining district have been studied in detail and reports have been printed; Illinois Mining Investigations were begun in 1913 in cooperation with the Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois and the IJnited States Bureau of Mines. Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Topographic mapping with the United States Geological Survey on a dollar-for-dollar basis has been carried on with nearly 35,000 square miles of sketching, approximately 1900 square miles of revised mapping, and most of the State now covered by primary traverse and primary leveling. PRESENT MAIN LINES OF WORK The present main emphasis of the Survey work may be said to be threefold: (1) Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... After 1872, appropriations for field work ceased, and after 1875 the small appropriation for publication also ended. There were some independent geologic and paleontologic studies, some topographic mapping by the United States Geological Survey and some aneroid surveys by the University of Illinois, but no work was supported by the State until 1905 when the present Survey was established by the Legislature. Read the entire page →

From page 28...

... SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES The Geological Survey is directed to' study the geological formation of the State with reference to its resources of coal, ores, clays, building stones, cement,- materials suitable for use in the construction of roads, gas, mineral and artesian water, and other products; to publish from time to time, topographical, geological, and other maps to illustrate the resources of the State; to publish from time to time bulletins giving a general and detailed description of the geological and mineral resources of the State; to cooperate with the United States Geological Survey in the preparation and completion of a contour topographical survey and map; to distribute, at its discretion, to the various educational institutions of the State, specimens, samples, and materials collected by it, after the same have served the purposes of the department. ORGANIZATION The Illinois Geological Survey is a division of the Department of Registration and Education, and is controlled by a Board of Natural Resources and Conservation.

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From page 29...

... These students are paid on anxiously basis, the wages ranging from thirty-five to sixty cents per hour. APPROPRIATIONS Appropriations for the Survey are made biennially by the State Legislature; there is no other source of support except the allotments made by the United States Geological Survey for cooperative topographic mapping.

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From page 30...

... PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 1911 Since 1911 some 13,000 square miles have been mapped geologically in detail, partly in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. The coal resources of each mining district have been studied in detail and reports have been printed; Illinois Mining Investigations were begun in 1913 in cooperation with the Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois and the IJnited States Bureau of Mines.

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From page 31...

... Topographic mapping with the United States Geological Survey on a dollar-for-dollar basis has been carried on with nearly 35,000 square miles of sketching, approximately 1900 square miles of revised mapping, and most of the State now covered by primary traverse and primary leveling. PRESENT MAIN LINES OF WORK The present main emphasis of the Survey work may be said to be threefold: (1)

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... After 1872, appropriations for field work ceased, and after 1875 the small appropriation for publication also ended. There were some independent geologic and paleontologic studies, some topographic mapping by the United States Geological Survey and some aneroid surveys by the University of Illinois, but no work was supported by the State until 1905 when the present Survey was established by the Legislature.

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Illinois Pages 28-32

Illinois
Pages 28-32