A physiographic, stratigraphic, structural, and economic report on the county, in which the Cranfield area was described and recommended a year before the first successful oil well was drilled; a report on the tests of the economic minerals.
Geology Publications
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Bulletin 46: Mississippi Agricultural Limestone
A report on the limestones of the state suitable for agricultural fertilizer; largely a report of the author’s earlier studies.
Bulletin 45: Union County Mineral Resources
A report on the topographic, stratigraphic, and economic geology of the county and on the results of the tests of the minerals.
Bulletin 44: Forrest County Mineral Resources
A stratigraphic and economic study of Forrest County. This report was almost completed at the time of the author’s untimely death.
Bulletin 43: Warren County Mineral Resources
WARREN COUNTY MINERAL RESOURCES
Bulletin 42: Tippah County Mineral Resources
A stratigraphic and economic geology report of the county; results of the tests of the minerals – especially on the Porters Creek clay, which was tested for use as lightweight aggregate for concrete.
Bulletin 41: Lauderdale County Mineral Resources
LAUDERDALE COUNTY MINERAL RESOURCES
Bulletin 40: The Upper Cretaceous Deposits
A report on the stratigraphy and paleontology of the outcropping Upper Cretaceous beds in Mississippi.
Bulletin 39: Yazoo County Mineral Resources
A report on the purely scientific stratigraphic study of the county that led to the discovery of the Tinsley Dome, eventually to the drilling of the first commercial oil well in the state, and a report on the tests of the clays.
Bulletin 38: Winston County Mineral Resources
A field report on the stratigraphy and mineral resources of the county and the fitness of these mineral, especially clays, for certain uses.