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Summary Information on the State Geological Surveys & the United States Geological Survey Bulletin of the National Research Council (1932) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 89-92

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From page 89...
... Detailed studies have been made of the problems of the glacial drift, Pleistocene drainage changes in western North Dakota, and the artesian conditions in the State. Investigations have been made of the gravel and sand deposits of the State, the oil and gas possibilities, and, in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey, of underground waters of the State.
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From page 90...
... The Ohio Survey has no official connection with the Ohio State Uni versity except that the office is located at Orton Hall, the building where geology is taught. The Orton DIemorial Library of Geology is located in the same building and houses the exchanges of the Survey.
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From page 91...
... Some of the most outstanding of these have been the Bremen oil field, the building stones of Ohio, the coal formation clays of the State, analyses of the coals of the State, the peat deposits of Ohio, the industrial water supplies, and the mineral industries of the State. A cooperative investigation of the Lawrence clay hats; just been completed in mnjunction with the fronton Chamber of Commerce and the Engineering Experiment Station of the University.
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From page 92...
... Third Organ~zatiorz. From 1889 to 1894 the funds provided were sufficient to carry on the work on a small and inexpensive scale; and from 1894 to the time of his death in 1899, Doctor Orton retained the position of State Geologist but without any compensation, while during the first five years he was employed only for part time.
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