West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-30
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
I he Publications Issued by This
Department

U) New Railroad and County Products
Map, just issued under date of October I,
1905, showing all the railroads Of the State
and their routes 10 the sea. board and Lakes,
either completed or under definite construc-
tion\up to October Ist, 1905. The main
trunk lines and their branches are printed in
separate colors so as to indicate at glance
the shortest, and best routes for shipments,
etc. Also the chief products of every county
IN the state ate shown by counties on the
! margin of the map. The coal, oil, and gas
areas of the State are not Indicated on this
map since the attempt so to do would have
obscured the railroad colors aud led to CON
fusion. Price, either folded or rolled (best
for office use,) postage paid by the Survey,
90 cents, when ordered separately, but in
combination, see below.
(2) Coal, Oil and Gas Map Of the State,
issued under date of February Is,, 1904.
showing in separate colors and appropriate
symbols the three great coal formations; VIZ:
the PItlsburg, Allegheny Kanawha, and
New River-Pocahonias. The developed oil
and gas areas are indicated by conspicuous
characters. All the location and name of
every Coal Mine in the State shipping by
rail or river are duly indicated; price, either
folded or roll. postage paid by the Survey,
| so cents when ordered separately, but in
combination, see below.
(5) Volume (a), Petroleum and Natural
Gas, 625 pages, issued under date of July
Ist, 1904. Contains full history of the oil
and gas development of West Virginia, as
we'll as statistics of production to date
Also the full statement of the Aniclinal
Theory of oil and gas occurrence with DIES.
criptions of the different Sands and oil
regions, together with hundreds of oil and
| gas well records from every county within
the oil or gas zone, and many from the ad
| joining States of Pennsylvania aud Ohio;
valuable tables for calculating the output of
gas wells and the quantity of gas any partic.
ular line will deliver, together with gas
analyses, and the republication of Prof.
Francis c. Philips elaborate paper on the
composition Of Natural Gas. Price, postage
paid by the Survey, paper, sI.oo; cloth,
sI.25, if ordered separately, but in combna-
ton, see below.
t4 Volume II, Coal, rs pages, issued
June Is, 1903. Gives full description of
all the Coal Formations and the separate
coal beds Of the State, together with accurate
analyses from complete sections of every
coal mine in commercial operation up to
January !, 1903. Also chemical analyses of
the several cokes, and valuable heat deter
limitations by calorimeiric methods for nearly
all the Goals Of the State. Price, postage
paid by the Survey, paper, 81 50; cloth
lmuch more durable,l s2.oI, when ordered
separately, but in combination, see below.
80 Bulletin NJ ., photography and
Cariography, 80 pages. Gives a chronological
account Of all books and maps dealing with
the natural resorees Of West Virginia from
the earliest times up to 1900. Price, postage
paid by the Survey, TO cents, when ordered
separately, but in combination, see below.
The prices quoted above are The retail
ones when only a SINGLE publication is order
ed the payment. cash, check. or 2.cent
postage stamps up 10 sI.zS only. must always
accompany The order, as he Survey Con,-
mission does not permit any open accountsl
but as many may wish both of the maps. or
ihe entire Sc, Of the Survey publications. a
considerable reduction price Is offered bv lie
following combinations.
Railroad and County Products Mani
Coal, Oil and Gas Map 20. Is !
Railroad and County Products Map1
Coal, oil and Gas Map
Volume Lei, Oil and Gas, paper g. 90 |
Volume II, Coal, paper
Bulletin ], BibIigraphy, &c
Railroad and County Products Map
Coal, Oil and Gas Map
Volume T. la), Oil and Gas, cloth g. 90 |
Volume III, Coal, cloth
Bulletin l. photography
q. WHITE, State Geologisi.
Morgartown, w Va.