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THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 93
OKLAHOMA ~
The Oklahoma Geological Survey was created by the first legislature
of the State of Oklahoma in 1908. The Survey offices were located in the
Geology Building, University of Oklahoma, at Norman. These offices
were officially closed on July I, 1931, because no funds were supplied by
the State to operate the Geological Survey.
In order that the excellent record of the Oklahoma Geological Survey
during the period covered by this bulletin may be made known, the fol-
lowing report prepared by Dr. C. N. Gould in 1929 is being presented
with such revision as has been made necessary by recent changes.
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES
The Survey is authorized by law to investigate, map, and make reports
on, the various mineral resources of the State; to call the attention of
the world to these resources; and to study and collect information on the
geology of Oklahoma. Although a large part of the work of the Survey
has had to do with economic geology, a considerable amount of purely
scientific work has been done.
ORGANIZATION
The Oklahoma Geological Survey, when in operation, was under the
control of the President of the University of Oklahoma, who, in turn,
was responsible to the University Board of Regents; but the administra-
tion of the Survey was left entirely to the Director. Charles N. Gould,
Director, was appointed by the Board of Regents in 1924. He had also
been the first Director, having organized the Survey in 1908, and having
continued until 1911 when he resigned to enter private work. The
Director gave his full time to the work of the Survey, the salary being
determined by the Board of Regents and the President of the University.
The clerical staff of the Survey included one full-time private secre-
tary and six part-time college students, some of whom were in the draft-
ing department. The geologic staff had one chief geologist and two as-
sistant geologists who worked full time, and one research observer
provided by the American Petroleum Institute. During the summer field
season, two to six college professors were usually employed to work on
special problems.
The Geological Survey, for administrative purposes, was classed as a
department of the University with the Director ranking as a Dean.
* Information furnished by C. N. Gould, Director, April, 192D, and reprised
March, 1932.
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94 THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND
Under present conditions, the University has provided for a custodian
to look after the property, and a student assistant to fill orders for
reports.
APPROPRIATIONS
All funds for the Oklahoma Geological Survey were provided by ap-
propriations from the Legislature, the amounts for the fiscal years 1927-
28 and 1928-29 being $4b,000 per year, and for the two previous years,
$2b,000 per year. The appropriations were made for two-year periods,
but were not necessarily divided into equal amounts for each of the two
years.
The $4b,000 appropriation for the year 1928-29 was expended ap
proximately as follows:
Administrative and routine clerical work, 22 per cent.
Topographic work, 3 per cent.
Geologic work, 4S per cent.
Geographic work, 3 per cent.
Road materials, water investigations, statistics, etc., 5 per cent.
Printing Survey publications, 22 per cent.
In 1931, no appropriation was made and the Survey is, therefore,
temporarily at least, inoperative.
PUBLICATIONS
The reports of the Survey have been published as bulletins or.circu-
lars. The total number of bulletins issued to 1929 was 47, including the
Bulletin 40 series on Oil and Gas Geology of Oklahoma, for which some
35 chapters were issued as separates. The circulars issued number 18. In
addition to these, there have been a number of miscellaneous pamphlets
and maps for general distribution and a few special mimeo~,ra.phed re-
ports. Practically all of these reports have to do with the geology and
mineral resources of Oklahoma..
During the year 1928-29, the Survey printing fund was inadequate,
and a twenty-five per cent increase was requested for the ensuing two
years.
PRINCIPAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 1911
Practically all the work of the Oklahoma Geological Survey has been
accomplished since 1911, as the Survey was not organized until 1908.
In 1929 the Survey was completing a series of county reports on the
oil and gas geology of the State, carrying on work in the mapping of
coal fields, and making chemical analyses of the various coals of the
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