Annual Report for ... with Accompanying Papers

Iowa Geological Survey

Published for the Iowa Geological Survey, 1909 - Geology

Contents

• Introduction: 25
• COAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL IOWA: 33
• Sketch of Webster county showing immature state of drainage: 34
• Map showing location of principal mines in Webster county: 38
• Cannel and bituminous veins at Johnson mine Kalo: 44
• Hamilton county: 54
• General geological section across Boone county along Des Moines river: 59
• Map giving location of principal mines in Boone county: 62
• Bottom of shaft Milford mine Boonesboro: 66
• Section in Eagle shaft Boonesboro: 69
• Vein of Big Five mine Moingona: 71
• Coal bed in Hutchinson mine No 2 near Squaw creek Zenorsville: 76
• Story county: 77
• Marshall county: 83
• Bed at Mormon Ridge mine near Albion: 84
• Map showing shipping mines of Dallas county: 87
• Bluff near old Pritchard drift High Bridge: 88
• Coal seam at old Tudor shaft Dawson: 90
• Section at Chaney drift three miles north of Adel: 92
• Clay seams in Topping mine south of Linden: 93
• Hanging Rock section Redfield: 94
• Bed of old Leeper mine Redfield: 95
• Raccoon valley: 98
• Bed of Van Meter and Chicago mine Van Meter: 99
• Ironstone nodules in roof of coal bed: 109
• Section showing undulatory character of the coal seam in the Flint mine No 2: 110
• Walnut creek valley: 112
• Des Moines valley below Raccoon forks: 118
• Railroad cutting near Rose Hill mine four miles west of Des Moines: 119
• Shaft of Giant No 1 east Des Moines: 124
• Railroad cut one mile east of Hastie: 127
• Part of shaft of Manbeck mine north of Avon: 128
• Railroad cutting near east county line below Runnells: 130
• Map showing location of principal Polk county mines outside of Des Moines district: 131
• Fourmile creek valley: 138
• Shaft of mine near Altoona: 143
• Camp creek valley: 147
• Geological sections in Polk county: 151
• Geological section from Prairie City to Newberg Williams: 153
• 37a Map showing the principal mines of Jasper county: 156
• Shaft of old Black Oak mine Lynnville: 166
• COAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA: 167
• Coal on North river Madison Tp Sec 25 Madison county: 168
• Middle river valley: 175
• Section of shaft at Bennum mine Summerset: 177
• Lacona district: 181
• Ironstone mass in coal bed: 183
• District south of Des Moines river: 189
• Fault in Hawkeye mine Flagler: 192
• Section at Coalport Keyes: 193
• Map showing shipping mines in southeastern Marion county: 195
• Mahaska county: 198
• Ideal crosssection in Mahaska county: 199
• Map showing location of mines in southwestern Mahaska county: 200
• Seam of coal northeast of Rose Hill: 202
• District between South Skunk and Des Moines rivers: 203
• Coal bed having small erosive channel filled with drift material: 206
• Bluff near Given: 209
• District south of Des Moines river: 212
• Coal near Eveland: 213
• Ironstone band in roof of coal seam Eveland mine: 215
• Section on Whitebreast creek Six miles below Lucas: 222
• 23: 223
• Churn drill of the Consolidation Coal Company operated by a gasoline engine: 226
• Monroe county: 228
• Sketch map of Monroe county: 229
• View of Buxton from the west: 232
• Steel tipple showing box car loader shaft No 10 Consolidation Coal Company Buxton: 236
• Tipple of shaft No 2 Hocking Coal Company Hocking: 241
• Tipple at shaft No 3 Wapello Coal Company Hiteman: 243
• Diamond drill of the Wapello Coal Company: 244
• Ringgold county: 245
• Wayne county: 254
• Coal seam in Frye mine Confidence: 258
• Coal at Seymour: 260
• Bed of Winger mine Harvard: 261
• Map showing shipping mines in central Appanoose county: 269
• Bluff on Walnut creek Mystic: 272
• A type of tipple at the smaller mines: 273
• Fault in Centerville Block No 9 Centerville: 278
• Fissure in seam at Thistle No 1 Cincinnati: 282
• COAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA: 285
• Ideal crosssection through the What Cheer district from Rock creek to the North Skunk river: 287
• Fault in What Cheer coal: 289
• Coal bed at Rowley mine North of Sigourney: 290
• Coal near the old Leibig mine Verdi: 291
• Unconformity between the Saint Louis limestone and the Coal Measure shales At quarry on Des Moines river three miles above Ottumwa: 294
• Map showing mines in central Wapello county: 296
• Section of shaft of Phillips No 4 Ottumwa: 299
• Bluff in Sugar creek East of Ottumwa: 302
• Jefferson county: 306
• Coal bed at Bates and Spratt mine Fairfield: 311
• Exposure of Coal Measure strata in the north bank of Cedar creek Section 32 Fairfield township Jefferson county: 313
• Section of shaft of Washington mine Perlee Jefferson county: 315
• Henry county: 316
• Exposure of coal in Section 5 Salem township Henry county: 317
• Outcrop west of Rome Henry county: 318
• Bluff on Soap creek near old Brown cannel mine Carbon Davis county: 321
• Van Buren county: 323
• Seam at Whitmore mine Bonaparte Van Buren county: 329
• Section at Farmington Van Buren county showing Coal Measure deposits resting in depression in Saint Louis limestone: 330
• Unconformity of Coal Measures and Saint Louis limestone Sonora quarry Lee county: 332
• Outcrop northwest of Denmark Lee county: 335
• Top of bluff on Mississippi river at Nassau slough Below Keokuk: 338
• Crosssection along Skunk river Des Moines county: 339
• Contact of Carboniferous with Devonian strata at the Sanders quarry north of Iowa City: 344
• Basal conglomerate of the Des Moines in the left bank of Montpelier creek Muscatine county: 346
• Coal at Hoor drift East of Muscatine: 348
• Sinking a shaft near Buffalo Scott county: 351
• COAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN IOWA: 355
• Coal bed in Goodwin mine Grand Junction Greene county: 358
• Carroll county: 361
• Audubon county: 377
• Page county: 385
• Adams county: 391
• FUEL VALUES OF IOWA COALS: 397
• Graphic log sheet boiler test Iowa No 5 coal: 459
• Graphic log sheet producergas test Iowa No 2 coal: 465
• ANALYSES OF IOWA COALS: 476
• Description of mines sampled: 482
• Chemical analyses of coals: 488
• Chemical analyses of Iowa coals: 497
• HISTORY OF COAL MINING IN IOWA: 521
• COAL STATISTICS: 525
• Map of Iowa showing relative production of coal by counties 1908: 590
• COAL STATISTICS: 591
• CARBONIFEROUS SECTION OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA: 605
• Map of southwestern Iowa showing outcrop of geological formations: 608
• Stratigraphy of the Missouri stage: 621
• Section of fault north of Thurman: 646
• Acknowledgments: 657
• PEAT AND PEAT DEPOSITS IN IOWA: 693
• 607: 702
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IOWA PEAT: 731
• CONTENTS: 739
• Marsh and Sedge bogs: 745
• Remarks on characteristic bog plants: 763
• Comparison of Iowa peat bogs and those of other places: 773
• INDEX: 779

Bibliographic information

• Title: Annual Report for ... with Accompanying Papers; Iowa geological survey; Volume 19 of Reports and Papers, Iowa Geological Survey
• Author: Iowa Geological Survey
• Publisher: Published for the Iowa Geological Survey, 1909
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 3, 2013