Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-12-17

s1s7.51 to $191.43; of pensions under
the act of June 27, 1890, from $1192O
to SLABS; while the average annuai
value of Spanish-war pensions mas
decreased from $1279O to s127.3S,
and those of the regular establish
ment from $174.19 to 1885.
Patent Office.
There we're received during that
year 1858 applications for mecnan-
ical patents, S21 applications FOR oe-
sign patents, 172 applications for re-
issue, 1888 caveats, 1O,SSS apphca-
tons for trade marks, 943 applica-
lions for labels, and 438 applications
for prints The number OF patents
granted, including reissues and de-
signs. was 31,S37, and there were reg
istered during the year 10,40S trade
marks, TAI labels, and 354 prints.
The number of patents which expired
was 20.682, and 5,19S applications
which had been allowed were forfeit
ed by operation of law for non-pay-
ment of final fee.
The total receipts of the Office from
all sources amounted to S1,S11,297.84;
and the total expenditures were
s1,538. 149.4O, leaving a surplus Of. =
receipts over expenditures of s273,-
148.44, which surplus was turned
into the reasury.
The Geological Survey
A plan for the work of the geolog-
ical survey during the year was sub
mitted by the directory and approved
on May Is, 1905. The work thus
planned did not essentially differ in
character from that done by the
survey in previous years and de-
scribed in other annual reports.
Many of the states, following a
well-established policy, cooperated
with the survey in geologic, topo-
graphic, and photographic work. For
cooperative geologic work Maine APP
propriated $1,000, Pennsylvania
$4,000, and North Carolina, $1,000.
For cooperative topographic work
Illinois allotted $4,000; California,
$4,000; Kentucky, $5,OOO;. Maine,
SO 200; Maryland, $4,000; Michigan,
$4,000; New York, $500; North Caro-
lima $4,000; Oklahoma, $4,000; Ohio,
$23S0O; Oregon $4,000; Pennsylvania,
$4,000; West Virginia, $4,000; and
New Hampshire, $500, for a special
sheet For cooperative photographic
work Maine allotted $500; New
Hampshire, $500; Wisconsin, $1,25O;
California, $4,000; Oregon, $4,000;
Maryland a sum sufficient to pay all
gage readers in that state, and Ne
braska and Nevada each sum suf-
fcient to pay for the services of a
photographer, who devoted his time
to steam gaging; and many states
rendered assistance in Hydrologic
and hydroeconomic work.
Mining and Mineral Resources.
During the year the report on the
mineral resources of the country for
the calendar year 1904 was complet-
ed and published and the report for
1905 was well advanced The value
of the mineral products for the year
1905 was $1,623, 877,127; the value
for the year 1904 was 1880, 49,, 554.
The investigation of black sands,
by congress and men
toned in my last report, was pushed
during the year at Port
land, Ore, where exceptional facili-
ties were offered by the Lewis and
Clark exposition. The results of the
investigation have been gratifying
and may lead to the development of
an important industry in the utiliza-
ton of the black sands of the coun-
try as source of gold, platinum, iron
ore, and some Of the rare metals. 1t
has been shown that by concentrate
ing the black sands on concentra-
ors of the shaking table class, prac-
tically all the values in the sand can
be saved by mechanical means with
out the use of quicksilver; and it is
PROBABLE that such shaking tables,
which have not heretofore been used
in placer mining, will be added to the
equipment Of ordinary hydraulic and
dredge mines in many cases
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