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THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3
The larger maps are folded and enclosed in stout manila envelopes ap-
propriately labeled.
The reports, when authorized by the Committee on Survey Publica
tions (a committee composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State.
and the State Geologist), are printed by the State Printers and paid
for by ~` any moneys in the treasury." This provides for prompt printing
of such reports as can be assembled, and is one of the finest provisions
of the Survey.
PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 1911
The principal accomplishment of the Survey during recent years has
been the preparation and publication of a general report on the Geology
of the State, and a new geologic map. The actual cost of this work was
approximately 1?;2l,Q00. A general report on the petroleum possibilities
of the State, prepared at a cost of approximately $9,000 is now ready
for distribution.
PRESENT MAIN LINES OF WORK
Cooperative work with the United States Geological Survey is under
way on iron ores. This work is in charge of E. F. Burchard, of the
United States Geological Survey.
An extended program has been launched to cover the ceramic resources
of Alabama, and work on coal is well under way. Considerable time and
money is being devoted to; the Museum, some S5,000 specimens having
been assembled within the last year.
PREVIOUS SURVEY ORGANIZATION
The Geological Survey of Alabama was officially authorized January
2, 1848, and Michael Tuomey was named State Geologist. The Civil
War interrupted the work for a short time, and a new organization, with
the late Dr. Eugene A. Smith as State Geologist, was effected early in
1873. Doctor Smith served as State Geologist for fifty-three years.
ARIZONA 9'
The Arizona Bureau of Mines, which is also in edect the State
Geological Survey, although such is not its official title, was created by
an Act of the Legislature in 1915. It is a Department of the College of
* Information furnished by G. M. Butler, Director, March, 1932.
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THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND
Mines and Engineering, University of Arizona, and its offices and labora-
tories are located on the University campus. Its mail, telegraph, and
express address is Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona.
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES
The Act creating the Bureau is so broad as to permit it to do prac-
tically anything that will tend to promote the mineral industries of the
State.
ORGANIZATION
Being a University Department, the Bureau is under the executive
control of the President of the University and of the Board of Regents,
but the Regents make little or no attempt to fix Bureau policies. Their
principal function is to approve the budgets prepared by the Director of
the Bureau, and the President of the University, and to ratify appoint-
ments of Bureau employees selected by the officials just. named.
The executive officer of the Bureau, who holds the title of Director, is
G. PI. Butler, who was appointed to the Directorship by the Board of
Regents on recommendation of the President of the University. His
tenure of once is indefinite, and he has held the Directorship since July,
1918. He is ex officio State Geologist, and also Dean of the College of
Mines and Engineering of the University. He devotes about. two-thirds
of his time to matters relating to the Bureau, and he draws an annual
salary which is fixed by the Board of Regents on recommendation of the
President.
The Bu.rea.u at present employs' on. full time one person. in a clerical
position, one mining engineer who devotes most of his time to extension
work, and three geologists, or assistant geologists. It also employs on
part time an additional mining engineer and two metallurgists, and pro-
vides the funds for two research. fellowships in metallurgy. Leaving the
Director out of consideration, the salaries paid to full-time employees
range from $2000 a year for an Assistant Geologist to more than $4500
a year. In addition, field expenses of all employees are paid. The ap-
pointment to positions with the Bureau is usually for an indefinite term
of service, and is made by the Board of Regents on recommendations of
the Director and the President. None of the employees is under Civil
Service. During the summer months the Bureau often utilizes the ser-
vices of members of the geological faculty of the University. A limited
number of field assistantships are sometimes available to students doing
graduate work in geology at the University.
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THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
APPROPRIATIONS
For several years, the income of the Bureau has been entirely derived
from the appropriations granted to it by the Board of Regents of the
University. These appropriations are made each year and are not con-
tinuing. For the past five years, the amounts made available for the
support of the Bureau have been, in round numbers, approximately as
follows:
927-28 .....................
928-29
929-30
930~1
931-32
................. $26,000
27,000
30,000
39~600
............. 2s,300
The Bureau is not required to pay any thin" for quarters, heat
and janitor service.
,, light,
No attempt. has been made to ascertain exactly what proportion of the
funds available hats been devoted to the different lines of work in which
the Bureau engages, but considerably more than half is doubtless de-
voted to geologic work, including printing of the reports. The Bureau
is not required to handle mine inspection, oil and gas well inspection,
review of mineral land values, water investigation, soil surveys, archa.e-
ology, forestry, or the testing of road materials, some of these matters
being under the jurisdiction of other departments of the University.
PUBLICATIONS
The Arizona Survey has published approximately eighty reports on
various geological and mineralogical subjects. These comprise a bulletin
on the general geology of the State, bulletins descriptive of the geology
and mineral resources of definite areas and specific mining districts,
reports on particular minerals throughout the State, etc. The Bureau
has also, in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey, col-
lected the data and published a base map of Arizona, a topographic map
of the State, and a geologic map of the State, all on a scale of about
eight miles to the inch. This does not include the State Safety Bulletin
which was of no permanent value, and was discontinued several years ago.
PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 19;11
Since the Bureau was established in 1915, its principal accomplish-
ments have been the thorough investigation and development of the
D. G. Chilson process for locating sulfide ore bodies, covering which the
University now holds a patent. This work is the basis of that type of
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