Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-26
GEOLOG|CA[W WORK
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MADE
IN PAST. YEAR.
COLLECTED 1000 SAMPLES.
Chas. Glenn Commits Suicide-Tooh
Chlorcrorm-Missouia
Briefs.
Missoulia, May %

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The progress in geological work for
The material for work has accumulated
rapidly. This is due principally to the
generosity of those connected with the
institution and 70 it's friends. What has
been done, however, is only a fraction
of what may be done when the work and
aims Of the university are more widely
knoWn. Making a rough estimate. the
collections must have nearly trebled in
the last year. With proper encourage
naent the school will soon be in a eondl-
ton to offer special advantages to those
seeking geological knowledge.
1t seems to be the idea of some that
the newly established school of mines
will necessarily take away this work
from the university, but there is no rea-
son why it should. The field Of work in
the state lis SO immense, there is so much
to be don that If the necessary e
were provided a half dozen schools
might pursue their work of research and
not interfere with each other. However
if there should be a little good natured
rivalry it NIL lrt be the cause of both bet
ter work Among the rivals.
Not all of the rocks, ores, minerals
and fossils have been catalogued, but
to get an approximate idea of their mum,
Der the specimens have oeen counted and
a few figures will be given. HUNDREDS
of the smaller specimens are not lnclua-
ed. 1T will be seen that the COLLECTION IS
small as compared with thai OF some
older institutions, yet when it is consid-
cred that it represents practically a year
and a half of growth, with comparative
few purchases and little outlay OF money
in a school that is SO young ana so llttle
known, it is large.
The rock samples number over i,ooe.
These illustrate the different varieties
of GRANTEES, gueisses, schists. lavas ana
other eruptives, limestones, sandstohes'
conglomerates, clays, marls, elc.' alsu
phenomenal geology. as ripple marks,
corrections, veins, etc. Fart or THESE are
numbered sets, illustrating the success
siye strata in different geological re-
gions. -oo
There are in the neighbolhood of 800
ores from the principal mines OF lhe
State. A large share of these are espe-
riatlv large and fine samples from the
Omaha exhibit. though addHtlons IRON
. other mines are constantly pelnS hiaue
The mineral collection contains near
" a thousand specimens. lhcluuliiS over
l75 species Of minerals, or nearly an, e
cent those that are comparatively rare
and there are also many that are rare
or .,aoi.,
mains to collect economic products, sucl
as bricks, clays, building stone, ETC., aho
a good beginning mas peeh ihaoe..
Thare are about 1000 fossil leaves ane
;,vert ebrates from the -cambrlan, sllu'
Jan Deyonian, Carboniferous Jurassl't
crataceous and Tertiary of Montana
nd other parts of the world: Some OF tn
,ecimens are excellent, others are no
70 good, but nearly all have some scleh'
tific value. +ae
is uniai,e. being different from any othe'
collection in the world.
rhe work of unpacking and gettine
This material in shape has occupied
much of the time of Prof. Smith ana MI
DOUGLASS. during the last school year
There is still mueh to do yet, most OF ths
!, material is in fair shape.
Some original work has been done ane
two or three papers describing new spe
cies of vertebrate fossils found in Mon
tana will probably b. ready for pu5llca'
ton by the end of the school year: On
naper written last year is now IN th'
hands of the publishers.