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<nD2~! 4 ~fl~:'::f~~:~~ ).:~~~( Geological Survey The Geological Survey maintained its Missouri River Basin program of water resources investigation in the Missouri Basin States throughout the year. Four new streamflow stations were constructed in Montana. New drainage studies were started on the Badger-Fisher and Birch Creek Units and a comprehensive water resources study was started on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. ,..:~.:..:.;:~:;.:~.:~:;:~~.:.;::: i . ." ~..,. .,. ,: '" .', .-...:....... ," : ..:::.<:~.;}-;:~.:. ~.:... Several reports on the hydrology of the Prairie Potholes of North Dakota were published and others are in the final publication process. "'::-'::"'~:'..::.::./':': ......:..... ..-....... ~!~~ .~:.:>-/: ,~_.;.:. :~.~: :;~ Investigations, designed to provide basic geologic information and to increase the knowledge of mineral resources for cooperating agencies, were continued on 74 separate projects during the fiscal year. During that period 9 professional papers, six bulletins, and 34 other maps and reports, related wholly or in part to these studies, were published. .... ~.' '--.".'-: The topographic mapping work of the Geological Survey continued throughout the year with nearly 70 new topographic maps published during the period. Bureau of Mines The four-year, record-smashing economic trend of the mineral indus- tries in the Missouri River Basin was broken in calendar year 1967 with a 3.4 percent setback from 1966. The setback was attributed largely to an extended strike in the copper industry. Although the four-year, record-breaking run was broken in 1967 the value of mineral production in the basin was still an impressive $7.5 million daily. "'>'~'A",.,; I , . ,":.." ~i'~~;'>-.>O'\ I '~;:;\~~:~r:~ ;:~.J:\~~ . .-,", '":".": ~.<;.'<'")\)-~, < :~('~.::,......:. ::.::.: Throughout the year work continued on Water-Related Mineral Resource Studies, Mineral Examinations of Reservoir Sites together with Compre- hensive Studies in the Missouri River Basin and in the basins of the Souris, Red, and Rainy ,Rivers. Good progress was made, too, on studies of petroleum and natural gas and on mineral industry feasibility studies on Indian reservations. Bureau of Mines' studies on fossil fuels for generating low-cost power have resulted in two draft-form manuscripts, one on "Strippable Coal Reserves of Montana," and the other, "Strippab1e Coal Reserves of Wyoming." Both will be published soon as MRB Preliminary Reports. Scheduled for completion in fiscal year 1969 is a third report in this series, "Strippable Lignite Reserves of North Dakota." A similar report nearing completion delineates fuel resources for thermal power in the Kansas and Missouri portions of the Missouri'River Basin. 12 ,'W" '.... . ~".' ~ ';.' . "w,. '. ,~ ~ ~: . ':." . . .., '