Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-21
SCIENTISTS TO
WORK IN STATE
WILL TAKE uP DETAILED LABOR
IN OIL FIELDS.
COAL TO Get attention
A Further Look Into Road Building
acknowledgement Survey
Bulletin Issued.

Professor Gould, state geologlst, re-
turned few days ago from Pittsburg,
Pa ana Washington, D. c., where ne
has been attending q meeting Of GER
tain scientific societies OF which he is
a member, which were held at Pitts
burg and 10 take up with the federal
authorities at Washington the matter
of securing aid and cooperation in
Oklahoma next year,
lie reports that tentative arrange
ments were made with II number or
government bureaus looking towards
II large amount OF scientific work be-
ing done In Oklahoma next year.
The particular lines along which CO.
operation is desired are the follow
ing:
Detailed work in the oil nelds OF
northeastern Oklahoma. Last sum
mer the United States geological sur
vey cO-operated with the Oklahoma
survey In preparing OF a map of
considerable part Of the country IN
Nowata and Washington counties II
Is desired TO extend this farther 80
as to include much in Rogers and Tul-
Sc counties also.
with the Bureau OF Mines at wash
ington, Professor Gould made ar
rnngements for cooperation In the
matter of sampling and testing coal
This bureau is taking up the matter
of anaiyzing the coal from all parts
of the United States, and II the
planned arrangements are carried out,
coal from Oklahoma will bo tested
among the first OF any Of the states.
Professor Gould also arranged for
further Investigation in road building
material In the state and for work on
the matter Of water power. There are
at Washington number OF experts
deVotlng themselves to this line of
work and II viii be OF great value
TO Oklahoma II some OF these men
can he brought to this state next year
There has just been Issued Bulletin
No. OF the state geological survey,
consisting Of two parts. The FIRST
part is n report Of the operations OF
the survey for the last two years.
The second part consists OF brief ar
tcles ON the different mineral re-
sources OF the state.
Since the organization of the sur
vey several lines of work have been
attempted. Through cooperation
with the United States geological sur
vey detailed maps and reports OF por-
tons of the oil ana gas region have
been prepared and are almost ready
for publication. over 100 samples Of
clays have been collected from all
parts of the state and tested in the
government laboratory at Plttsburg,
Pa; road materials of the state have
been examined and tested, educational
collections Of rocks, fossils and min
erals have been assem- bled, catalogued
and sent TO over fifty OF the state
schools and high schools; detailed re-
ports of many small areas have been
made In response TO petitions: q very
largo collection illustrating the min
eral resources of the state has been
Installed at the State Fair at Okla
homa city; Investigations of water
supply have been made for several
towns and cities.
Part II Of the Bulletin contains
brief chapters on coal, oil, natural
gas. the different building stones.
claSs, sand ana gravel, asphalt, Port
hnd cement rock, glass sand, road
materials, lead and zinc and several
minerals Of minor importance. Re
ports on oil, gas and asphalt, and the
mineral resources Of the Arbuckle
Mountains are now In press and Bull
letlns on structural material, clays and
road materials are In preparation and
will be issued soon.
Any Of the Bulletins of the survey
will be sent free Of charge as soon
as they are issued upon application to
the director OF the Oklahoma geologi.
cal survey, Norman, okla.