Record Details
Map of Washington showing location of mining districts U.S. Geological Survey, Otis Smith, director, (1912)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Washington showing location of mining districts U.S. Geological Survey, Otis Smith, director, (1912) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu334 WSU 334; G4281.H1 1912 .G4x http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,552 |
| Creator | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Date | 1912 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Geological Survey, 1912. |
| Description | 1 map : col. ; 19 x 27 cm. Series Bulletin ; 507. Geological Survey bulletin ; 507. Shows predominant mineral for each mining district. "Plate 15"--Map has been cut from larger sheet. Mounted on cloth backing. George Otis Smith, later director of the U.S. Geological Survey, actually has a hand in surveying the geography of Washington State. In the early 1900s, Smith was part of a team of surveyors sent to study the American-Canadian border when the two neighbors agreed to have... |
| Subject | Mines and mineral resources -- Washington (State) -- Maps. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
