Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904 (open access)

Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1904

From letter of transmittal: The report contains fourteen papers, prepared by ten members of the geologic corps, who have been engaged in Alaskan investigations during the last year. In this report an attempt has been made to summarize the economic results of last season's field work. Geologic matter has been entirely excluded, except where it has a direct bearing on the subjects under discussion. While such a report can have no permanent value, other than as a record of mining conditions during the year, it is believed that its prompt publication will help the mining industry of Alaska.
Date: 1905
Creator: Brooks, Alfred H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contributions to Economic Geology: 1904 (open access)

Contributions to Economic Geology: 1904

From letter of transmittal: The report contains 63 contributions from 37 members of the Survey who have been engaged more or less continuously throughout the year in economic work, together with brief statements by the geologists in charge of the section of metalliferous ores and the section of nonmetalliferous economic minerals, of the extent and character of the economic work being carried on in the Survey.
Date: 1905
Creator: Emmons, Samuel Franklin & Hayes, C. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Geology and Water Resources of Central Oregon (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Geology and Water Resources of Central Oregon

From introduction: The observations recorded in this paper were made during a rapid reconnaissance from east to west through the central part of Oregon in the summer of 1903, and are in continuation of similar work in the same general region previously done by the author, reports concerning which have been published.
Date: 1905
Creator: Russell, Israel C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limestones of Southwestern Pennsylvania (open access)

Limestones of Southwestern Pennsylvania

From introduction: This report is a summary of the present knowledge of limestone beds in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Date: 1905
Creator: Clapp, Frederick G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northwestern Illinois (open access)

Zinc and Lead Deposits of Northwestern Illinois

From introduction: The subject of this paper is the district of the extreme northwestern portion of Illinois, included in the upper Mississippi Valley containing zinc and lead.
Date: 1905
Creator: Bain, Harry Foster
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (open access)

The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska

From letter of transmittal: This report contains the economic results of a reconnaissance of these gold fields of the Yukon basin which was carried out in 1903.
Date: 1905
Creator: Prindle, Louis M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fairhaven Gold Placers, Seward Peninsula, Alaska (open access)

The Fairhaven Gold Placers, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

From letter of transmittal: This manuscript is based on geologic and topographic reconnaissance survey, made during the summer of 1903, of an important placer-gold district in the northeastern part of Seward Peninsula.
Date: 1905
Creator: Moffit, Fred H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska (open access)

Methods and Costs of Gravel and Placer Mining in Alaska

From letter of transmittal: It is believed that this report will stimulate the mining industry by making available, in compact form, the accumulated results of the experience of mining men in this field and by directing attention to those mining methods developed in older districts which appear to be adapted to the conditions prevailing in Alaska.
Date: 1905
Creator: Purington, Chester Wells
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905 (open access)

Report on Progress of Investigations of Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905

From introduction: This report contains papers on summaries of progress in various phases of the mining industry during the last year, preliminary accounts of investigations in progress or completed, and statements of the results of minor investigations not to be published elsewhere.
Date: 1905
Creator: Brooks, Alfred H. (Alfred Hulse), 1871-1924
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Petroleum Fields of the Pacific Coast of Alaska with an Account of the Bering River Coal Deposits (open access)

The Petroleum Fields of the Pacific Coast of Alaska with an Account of the Bering River Coal Deposits

From introduction: This report is made in response to a general demand for information a reconnaissance of the petroleum and coal fields in the vicinity of Controller Bay and Bering River and of the petroleum fields on the west shore of Cook Inlet and at Cold Bay made during 1903 and 1904.
Date: 1905
Creator: Martin, George C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande (open access)

Observation on the Ground Waters of Rio Grande

Book that discusses the ground waters of the Rio Grande Valley as well as tests undertaken at pumping plants along the area. Appendix begins on page 74. Index begins on page 81.
Date: 1905
Creator: Slichter, Charles Sumner, 1864-1946
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biological Survey of Texas (open access)

Biological Survey of Texas

From introduction: "Report on the biological survey of Texas conducted over a number of years through collection of information and specimens. Focus on life zones and their subdivisions and on the mammals and reptiles of the state."
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear. (open access)

Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spears" (lines 5-7) which "relates to improvements in well-boring apparatus" (lines 13-14).
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Closer And Latch For Gates, &c (open access)

Combined Closer And Latch For Gates, &c

Patent for combined closer and latch for gates. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: McKinney, Pleasant M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Woods, John Bell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring Device (open access)

Cloth Measuring Device

Patent for a cloth measuring device. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1905
Creator: Taylor, Wiliam A. & Churchwell, Theodric R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Coldiron, George Gipson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Rowell, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning Machine (open access)

Churning Machine

Patent for a churning machine that pumps liquids. It is designed to reduce materials used in this labor. This machine will also improve the quality of the labor and decrease the cost of this labor.
Date: December 6, 1905
Creator: Van Dusen, Henry L
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Davis, Augustus H.; Hummel, George F. & Gray, J. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck (open access)

Brick Truck

Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date: September 22, 1905
Creator: Sacks, Martin Kuno
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for train car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Jones, Evan S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber.

Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Gerhard, Philip H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Staff. (open access)

Brake-Staff.

Patent for a new type of brake staff for trains featuring a modular design allowing its form to be changed as necessary. This is useful for connecting train cars where regular brake staffs may get in the way. Including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Clark, James Thomas & Meyer, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History