Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-12-13

$1S7.51 to s19143; of pensions under
the act of June 81, 1890, from $500
Ito s114.33; while the average annual
value of Spanish-war pensions has
decreased from s1279O to s127.33,
and those of the regular establish
ment from S174.19 to 1885.
Patent Office.
There were received during that
year 55,619 applications for mechan-
ical patents, S21 applications for &c
sign patents, 172 applications for re-
issue, 1888 caveats, 10,SSS applica-
tons for trade marks, 943 applica-
tons for labels, and 43S applications
for prints The number of patents
granted, including reissues and de-
signs, was 1887, and there were reg
istered during the year 10,40S trade
marks, TAI labels, and 354 prints
The number of patents which expired
was 20,6S2, and 5,193 applications
which had been allowed were forfeit
ed by operation of law for aon-pay-
mept of final fee.
The total receipts of the Office from
all sources amounted to S1,S11, 297.S4;
and the total expenditures were
$1,53S,149.40 leaving q 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 or 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 10000; California.
$4,000; Kentucky, $4,000; Maine,
$4,000; Maryland, $4,000; Michigan,
$4,000; New York, 5000; North Caro-
lima, $4,000; Oklahoma, $4,000; Ohio,
$23800; 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, $3.50;
California, 100000; Oregon, $4,000;
Maryland, sum sufficient to pay all
gage readers in that state, and Ne.
braska and Nevada each a sum suf-
ticient 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,S 77,127; the value
for the year 1904 was $1,360,SS3,554.I
The investigation of black sands.
authorized by congress and men
toned in my last report, was pushed
vigorously 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 a source of gold, platinum, iron
ore, and some of the rare metals. 1t
has been shown that by concentrat-
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 1t 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
dTedge mines in many cases