Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-20
Geological SURVEY
season SUCCESSFUL
DURING SUMMER, TWENTY EN-
PLONEES OPERATED THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

NORMAN, Okla. oct. 1S.-The Ok
lahoma Geological survey is just fin
ishing up tho most successful field
season of its history. During the
summer twenty employees of the sur
yey operating in six parties have been
! investigating the mineral resources
IN the state. These parties are now
! just breaking up, and the men, who
are mostly engaged in school work at
| the State university or other schools
Of similar rank, are returning to their
| classes.
Tn" last session of the legislature
appropriated S3,OOO.0O for co-opera-
/ tive work In Oklahoma and an addi-
! tionnl S3,000.O0 for field work. Pro-
| fcssor Gould, former director of the
Oklahoma Geological survey went to
| Washington and was successful in
/ pcrsuadmg the federal authorities
that Oklahoma needed considerable
money 10 carry on the cooperative
work. After much doliberation tho
/ United States Geological survey ap-
/ propratod something like $4,000
! for work In this state. Part of
this was for work in the oil field,
part for The coal field, part of it was
spent In preparing Typographical
maps and the remainder in investl-
eating the granite resources Of tho
state.
Professor Charles II. Taylor, has
spent the summer in the Arbuckle
and Wichita mountains studying the
granite of the state. He will pre-
pare for publication by the govern
ment 4 bulletin entitled "Oklahoma's
Granite Resources" Enough is now
known OF the results Of the summers
Investigation to warrant the state
ment that Oklahoma has a variety Of
granite rocks which are extremely
rare, and possibly some that are un-
known elsewhere.
Pref ssor ID. w. Ohern who has
already spent three years in the fielo
in Oklahoma had "A party in the oil
fields again this summer. His parti-
cular task was to work out the geo.
logy of the Ntnita quadrangle but he
also reviewed the work done in prev
ious years. The result of his investi-
CATION will be published by the
United States Geological survey at
Washington.
A little later in the year a govern
ment party is going to make map
of the region in southern Usage, west
orn Tulsa. northern Creek and eastern
Pawnee counties. 1t is expected thar
this work will begin sometime in
October.
Mr.. Charles Il. Eckes, graduate Of
the State university has been in the
Panhandle of Oklahoma during the
summer. collecting samples of the
drilling Of the deep wells being PUT
down in that region. This Is part of
the work Of looking for potash, car
ried on by the United States Geologi-
cal survey.
The work OF Messrs. Taylor, Ohern
and Eckes, and the mapping which
Is yet to be done, all come under the
head of cooperative work. In add-
ton the government is paying the
expenses of party in charge of Carr
D. Smith, which has spent the sum-
mer investigating the coal fields OF
the state and Is now working in the
oil fields about Tulsa and Claremore.
The Oklahoma Geological survey
has had three parties in the field, this
work not being done in cooperating.
Professor j. W. Beede OF the univer-
sity of Indiana began work at the
Kansas line in June and cut a swath
south across the state past Pawnee,
saltwater, Chandler and Shawnee as
far as the Arbuckle mountains, trac-
Ing out certain ledges of limestone in
that region.
Dr. c. A. Reeds of Bryn Mawr col
legc. formerly of Oklahoma univer-
sity. wha has already spent four
years studying the Arbuckle noun
tains and knows more about the
structure of these rocks than any
other man In America. had party in
tho same region this year. He out
fitted at Rolf and worked through the
towns of Bromide, Tishomingo, Ber-
wyn, Woodford and around the west
end of the mountains and spent some
time in the zinc fields near Davis;
then east past sulphur to Rolf
Mr.. l.. c. Snlder, assistant director
of the Oklahoma Geological survey
now has a party in the country be-
tween Tahlequah and Miami, studying
the formations in that region. He is
securing data for paper on lead
and zinc which is to be published
sometime during the coming year.
The result of all this work which
has been carefully planned and execu-
ted will he of great value to the state
It's mineral resources.