| Show governmental COAL specialist RESIGNS secretary lane has accepted the resignation of edward W parker of the united states geological survey for many years the government coal statistician of the division of All mineral resources mr air parker leaves the government service to accept a responsible position with the anthracite mining companies in transmitting his resignation director george otis smith goes on record as expressing his regret both personally and as a public official at this termination of mr air parkers long and efficient service As coal statistician of the government since 1890 and as chief of the division of mineral resources of the geological survey since 1908 mr parkers contribution to the present standard of the annual report mineral resources has been large and important in the nature of public service should also be mentioned important work by mr parker in studies of coal testing and conservation and the publication by him in the engineering press of many papers on coal mining and production from his own standpoint however mr parker is to be congratulated in his new connection with the anthracite coal interests where he will continue his activities along lines on which he has long been regarded as authority with secretary lanes approval director smith has designated H D mccaskey as chief of the division of mineral resources of the survey to succeed mr air parker mr mccaskey brings to his new position experience not only as a geologist of the geological survey since 1907 and section chief since 1912 but also as a mining engineer in the philippine mining bureau from 1900 to 1903 u and as chief of that bureau from 1903 to 1906 0 |
