...owing to failing health, consequent upon the severe strain, both mental and physical, of nearly twenty years- strenuous work, he felt obliged to retire to...organizer and administrator that will have the most far-reaching results, results that will endure when the memory of him shall have become dim, his personal...

...of mining engineers, in teaching them the practical importance of a study of the geological relation of ore deposits. "He also planned and supervised the...the completion of the work of the Tenth. Census." liberal support of Congress, which King, more than any other one man, was able to influence, and to...

...direct application of geological results to the development of the mineral resources of the countn-. Under his direction were carried on the examinations...since the completion of the work of the Tenth Census. King set the very highest standard for the work of the Survey and showed remarkable judgment and knowledge...

...conducted, and its subsequent success has been in a great measure dependent -upon the faithfulness with which these principles have been followed by his successors....since the completion of the work of the Tenth Census. King set the very highest standard for the work of the Survey and showed remarkable judgment and knowledge...

...mining districts, whose importance is to be measured not solely by the accurate information which the}- afforded of these particular regions, but in far greater...since the completion of the work of the Tenth Census. King set the very highest standard for the work of the Survey and showed remarkable judgment and knowledge...

...the geological relations of ore deposit**. He al-o planned and supervised the collection of -tati-tio of the precious metals for the Tenth Census, a work...detail or scientific accuracy, and whose logical result wan the annual collection of statistic- of all the mineral resource* of the United State-, which has...