Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-04-24

accompany Prof. Gelkle to this region
are the following members of the
United States geological survey:
Director Charles d. Walcott, ex-Director J.
W. Powell, G. f. Becker, Whitman Cross,
William H. Dali, j. S Dller, S. F. Emmons,
G. X. Gilbert, Arnold Hague and Bailey
Willis, w. H. Weed, J. Stanley Brown, g O.
Smith, A. c. Spencer, c. Stose r. c. Vaughn,
G. w. Hayes, Arthur Keith, Y. H. barton,
A. H. Stunton, H. w. Turner, of the United
States geological survey.
Representatives of miscellaneous
scientific institutions, as follows:
f. r. HI. Morrill, New York State Museum :;
Prof. Heinrich Refs and T. G. White, of
Columbia C. Able, jr., c. B. Shattuck, T. P
King, c. c. 'Hara, L. G. Glenn, A. c. Nc
LaughIn, of Johns Hopkins University; w.
7. Bentley, j. A. Mitchell, diminishing; H..
f. Reed, Edward B. Matthews, r. f. Bagg,
E. G. Lord, Washington; C. w. Dorsey,
United States Agricultural Departments Pro-
fessor Peck, Lafayette College; Professor
Fassig, United States weather bureau; Prof.
H. S. Williams, Of Yale.
And the following:
Prof. Samuel Calvin, State geologlst of
Iowa; Edward Orion, State geologist of Ohio
and president of the Geological Society of
America Prof. S. W. McCallie, assistant
State geologist of Georgia; Prof F. d. Adams,
of McGill University, Montreal; w. S.
Bayley, ofColby University, Me-; Prof J A.
Holmes, State geologist of North Carolina
Prof. e. " d'Inviliers, of the Pennsylvania
geological survey, Philadelphia; Prot, J. f.
Kemp, of the Columbia School Of Mines
New York Prof. w. J. McGee, of the United
States bureau technology, Prof. w. H. Miles,
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prots. L. X. Pierson, Of Yale University, c.
R. Van Hise, of the University of Wisconsin,
j. c. White, of Morgantown, w. Va.
The party, travelling in two Pullman
coaches, will arrive here about p. m
Prof. Clark tells the Baltimore Neacs
that
Sir Archibald Geikie is probably the most
important man now living in the field of
geology and has written many noted works.
His text book upon geology is regarted as the
iIiShCol 1utiollty anu 10 SAlcHSlNSly uocu III
the universities of Europe and America He
was born in Edinburgh in 1885 and educated
at the Edinburgh University. He was APP
appointed a member of the Geological Survey
of Scotland in 1855 ana became its director
in 1867. The same year he was made
Murchison professor of geology at the Uni
versity Of Edinburgh and in 1881 was appoint,
cd "A; e
of Great Britain and Ireland.
Among the Important works which he has
published are The Scenery of Scotland A
Memoir of Sir Roderick Murchison, The
Life of Sir A. C. Ramsay (both of whom were
his predecessors in the geological survey of
Great Briain) Geological Sketches at Home
and Abroad and Outlines of Field Geology,
Sir Archibald received the Murchison medal
from the Geological Society of London for
his distinguished attainments in 1881, and
held the Office of president of the society
from 1890 to 1892. He was knighted IN 1891
and is a fellow of the Royal Society of London
and Edinburgh.
| Sir Archibald Geikie has been in America
several times before, his first visit being made
L
Henry Drummond This was Just at the
time that the Yellowstone National Park
came into public notice, aud the two gentle
men spent several months investigating the
geological wonders of the park, the result OF
| their researches forming the basis of num-
Der of articles published in the English jour
mails and magazines.
Gov. Lowndes has issued invitations
| to Il number of his friends to meet
Prof. Geikie at his Cumberland man
sion same evening at o'clock.
AT the Gladstone Hotel dinner C.. X
Lord, president of the Consolidation
coal company, will probably preside
and, besides the gentlemen above
named, will have as guests the pom
inent coal men of the region.
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