| Title | Reconnaissance of the geology and oil prospects of northwestern Oregon |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1914 |
| Authors | Washburne, Chester W., and U.S. Geological Survey |
| Secondary Title | U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin |
| Volume | no.690 |
| Pagination | 111 p. |
| Date Published | 1914 |
| Call Number | Guin Yaquina File / Valley QE 75 .B9, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River estuary, Columbia River estuary, Coos River estuary, geological, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, sediments, Siletz River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River, Yaquina River Basin |
| Notes | Early account of Oregon geology relating to oil. There is an unexpected and fascinating account of the "Nehalem Beeswax." "The oil men have placed much faith on sthe Nehalem beeswax as an indication of oil, relying on the erroneous reports of early chemists and more recently of commercial analysts who have called it variously "oil residue," "paraffine," or ' ' ozokerite." (p.65) |
| URL | https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0590/report.pdf |
| Label | 2910 |
