Bulletin - State Geological Survey, Issues 1-2The Survey., 1910 - Geology |
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Ashley beds belt Bull Bulletin Bureau Caney Fork River Carboniferous Chattanooga chert Chief of Eng clay Clinch River coal field County Creek Cumberland River Devonian Drainage drilled Ducktown East Tennessee feet thick folio forests Forked Deer River formation French Broad River gas developments Geological Survey Geologist Geology of Tennessee Glenn gray Hayes Hiwassee River Improvement of Caney Improvement of Clinch Improvement of Cumberland Improvement of French Improvement of Hiwassee Improvement of Obion Improvement of Tennessee Introduction Jour Keith Killebrew and Safford Knox dolomite Knoxville lands lime limestone Little Pigeon River maps miles mineral resources Mississippi Mountain Munn Nashville nessee North Obion River occurrence oil and gas Plateau Preliminary examination quarry region Report Rept Resources of Tennessee sand sandstone shale Silurian Springs Statistics and Mines Surv Tenn Tennessee and Kentucky Tennessee marbles Terrestrial magnetism topographic Trans U. S. Geol Valley West western Tennessee zinc
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Page 66 - Remarks on the changes which take place in the structure and composition of mineral veins near the surface, with particular reference to the East Tennessee copper mines.
Page 21 - States according to the report of the United States Geological Survey on the Mineral Resources of the United States for 1908.
Page 6 - Legislature before each meeting of the same, showing the progress and condition of the survey, together with such other information as they may deem necessary and useful or as the Legislature may require.
Page 39 - The Relation of the Southern Appalachian Mountains to the Development of Water Power.
Page 6 - The consideration of such other scientific and economic questions as in the judgment of the commissioners shall be deemed of value to the people of the State.
Page 16 - ... of the county on the WA Jackson farm found gas at 90 feet in such quantities as to burn for several years from 20 to 25 feet above the well mouth. Other shallow wells at several places in this county have furnished small quantities of oil, gas and salt water. There are also many oil and gas springs, one of which is located under the river bluff at Columbia, where a constant, though small, supply of oil seeps from the Lebanon limestone. Bedford County.- — The first well drilled for the purpose...
Page 7 - Be it further enacted, That in order to carry out the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any person or persons employed hereunder to enter and cross all lands within the State, provided that in so doing no damage is done to private property.
Page 44 - See Holmes (JA). Meadows (Thomas C.) and Brown (Lytle). The phosphates of Tennessee. Am. Inst. Mg. Engrs., Trans., vol. XXIV, pp. 582-594, 1895. Gives a historical sketch of phosphate mining and a map of the region. Describes the occurrence of phosphatic material at various localities and the general geology of the district. Discusses the origin of the material. Meehan (Thomas). On the timber line of high mountains. Acad. Nat.
Page 64 - ... high-grade construction. For commercial use the rock must be of desirable color, must quarry in blocks of large size free from cracks or impure layers, and be of fine close texture. These conditions are met with most...
Page 7 - ... enter into co-operation with the United States Geological Survey and other scientific bureaus of the Federal and State governments for the prosecution at joint expense of such work in the State as shall be deemed of mutual interest and advantage, and under such conditions as said Commission may deem to be for the best interest of the people of the State.