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HIGGINS, JAMES. A Succinct Exposition of the Industrial Re-
sources and Agricultural advantages of the State of Maryland.
Md. House of Delegates, Jan. Sess., 1867 [DD], 8vo, 109, iii pp.
Md. Sen. Doc., Jan. Sess., 1867 [U].

1868.

ANON. Mining Summary for Maryland.

Amer. Jour. Mining, vol. vi, New York, 1868, p. 53.

Quotes the Frederick City Union regarding the discovery of gold in the Blue Ridge

Mountains near Frederick. (5 lines.)

COPE, E. D. (On the discovery of the fresh-water origin of certain
deposits of sand and clays in west New Jersey.)

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. xx, 1868, pp. 157-158.

" The whole formation Indicates the existence of an extended body of fresh water,
having a direction and outline similar to that which deposited the red sandstones and
shales of the Trlassic belt, which extends parallel to its northwest margin."

———— Second Contribution to the History of the Yertebrata of
the Miocene Period of the U. S.

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. xx, 1868, pp. 184-194.

Written after a visit to the Charles Co. locality, and includes the description of
several new species.

———— [Remarks on extinct Reptiles.]

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. xx, 1868, p. 313.

Describes a fossil of the genus Thecachampsa from the Miocene of Maryland.

JONES, ISAAC D. Report of the Commissioners appointed by the
Legislatures of Maryland and Virginia to run and mark the Division
Line between Maryland and Virginia on the Eastern Shore of Chesa-
peake Bay. Annapolis, 1868. 36 pp.

A paper referring to many of the old charters, charts and state papers with refer-
ence to the boundaries.

1869.

ANON. Cumberland Bituminous Coal.

Eng. & Min. Jour., vol. viii, 1869, p. 153.

Comparison of Cumberland and Nova Scotia coals in relation to tariff question.

COPE, E. D. The Fossil Reptiles of New Jersey.

Amer. Nat., vol. iii, Salem, 1870, 84-91.

Refers to the occurrence of the genus Thecachampsa in the Miocene of Southern
Maryland (p. 91) as found by Mr. Tyson.