Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding the chromite deposits in Stillwater and Sweetgrass counties. Characteristics of the chromite samples are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.

Contains notes and research (Great Falls, MT) by Bradley McRee of the JOINT Issues Team.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Hailey quadrangle including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, standard deviation maps, pseudo-contour maps, interpretation maps, flight line and geologic base map, and individual corrected profiles.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on lead-zinc deposits of Montana. The results of the studies are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.

Report presenting data from part of a study aimed at analyzing and mapping out stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in southwestern Montana.

Report describing the geology and structural features of the Comet area of Jefferson County, Montana.

Letter to Mrs. Kempner from Mrs. Nixon thanking her for the reply about national dues and national finances for the AWVS.

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this study was to describe existing hydrologic systems, to obtain data on the water quality in the area, and to assess potential impacts of surface coal mining on local water resources.

A preliminary map showing the lithology of parts of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming.

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this report is to describe the existing hydrologic and water-quality conditions of the shallow ground-water system above the Bearpaw Shale and to describe the surface-water resources in the Fort Union coal region of east-central Montana. The objective of this study was to provide premining data that would be useful for water-resources planning.

A preliminary report regarding the Comet Area, in the Jefferson City Quadrangle Jefferson County, Montana. This report contains work done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

From purpose and scope: The purpose of this report is to summarize and evaluate water-quality data acquired from streams within the study area from October 1975 through September 1981. This report updates data collected at 9 stations during the initial study and provides new data for 14 stations.

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing safety hazards in western mines. Mine hoisting and haulage accidents are presented. Accident prevention is also discussed. This report includes tables.

The Texas Constitution of 1876 set aside three million acres of Texas public land in exchange for construction of the monumental red granite Capitol that continues to house Texas state government today. The Capitol project and the land went to an Illinois syndicate led by men influential in business and politics. Austin's statehouse is a recognizable symbol of Texas around the world. So too, the massive Panhandle tract given in exchange -- what became the "fabulous" XIT Ranch -- has come to, for many, symbolize Texas and its role in the nineteenth century cattle boom. After finding sales prospects for the land, known as the Capitol Reservation, weak at the time, backed by British capital, the Illinois group, often called the Capitol Syndicate, turned their efforts to cattle ranching to satisfy investors until demand for the land increased. The operation included a satellite ranch in Montana to which two-year-old steers from Texas were sent for fattening, often "over the trail" on a route increasingly blocked by people and settlement. Rather than a study focused on ranching operations on the ground -- the roundups, the cattle drives, the cowboys -- this instead uncovers the business and political side of the Syndicate's …