The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
The Wheeler Expedition.

The operations contemplated by Lieut.. | Wheeler in his explorations and surveys west | of the Tooth meridian, during the field sea son of 1873, include portions of Utah, Colo ! rado, Arizona and New Mexico. Field party | No l will operate in portions of New Mex | ico and Arizona, in two sections. Party No. | 2 in a southerly and southeasterly direction | from Salt Lake City to Camp Wingate, and | detour through portions of New Mexico and | Arizona. Party No. 3 will move southwest | from Denver through Colorado, and accom- ! plish certain area in New Mexico and Ari- | zona. The triangular party (main party No. | 4) will operate from Santa Fe carrying ! system of triangles west to the meridian of | Fort Wingate; thence south to the Mexican | border. The main parties are organized as | follows: Party No. 1, Lieut.. Geo NJ. Wheel | CT, Executive officer and in general charge of the expedition Lieut.. F.. W. Bass, of the | corps Uf engineers, assistant executive officer, to join in August Lieut.. A. II. Russell, of the Third cavalry, commanding escort and quartermaster of the expedition smother of- iicer is yet to be detailed to act as an escort officer and commissary A. A. Surgeon c. c. Newberry, medical director; Max Schmidt, chiet topOgrapher Ernest Sommer, assistant | topograpber c. K. Gilbert, chief geolOgist Oscar l4oew, assistant geologist and minerolo- | gst; A.. Ceasby, collector in natural history | (appOlnted at suggestion of Prof 0. C. Marsh of Yale College, who expects to connect with the expedition and join 1t Rs Paleontologist late in the season ) F. Kleet, money clerk c. M. Lockwood, property clerk.
 Main party No. 2.-Lieut R. l.. Hoxie, ex- ecutyc officer; C. Thompson chief topogra- pher; E. E. Howell, chief geologist and min erologist; II. w. Henshaw, collector in n1tu- ral history; Wm. Sommers, mnerologist
 Field party No. 3-Lieut. Wm. L.. Mar shall executive officer; 4. A. Surgeon R. J. Rothrock, medical attendant; J. J. Young, chief topographer; John J. Stevenson, chief geologist and mineralogist; John Wolfe, col lector in natural history; Bernard Gipin, meteorologist.
 Trisngulation party No. 4.-Lous Nell, chief assistant k. J. Ainswortb, sub. assis- tant.
 Astronomical party No l-Salt Lake City. J. II. Clark, observer
 Astronomical party No. 2--Denyer and Santa Fe line. Dr. F. Kampf. observer: c. D. Gcdnep, assistant observer.
 Astronomical party No. 3.--U. P. & c. P. R. R. line. Vim. ". Maryatt, observer; Les lie P. Smith, assistant observer.
 Astronomical party No. 4.-Ogden, L. T. Prof II. B. Herr, observer; D. ". Wheeler, assistant; John E. Weyes, for monument and surveys.
 Astronomical party No. 5.-Prof. T. II. saf- ford and assistant, for Colorado and New Mexico.
 Besides the main field party, four astro- nomical parties will receive telegraphic sig nals for the determination of certain points for longitude. Tue main party will be sta tioned at the Mormon observatory in Salt Lake, to receive signals from party No 2, l n P. & c. F. R. K. line, and party No. i, Ogden |. T. J. II. Clark, observer, in charge of party No. 1; Dr. F. Kampf. party No. 2, with assistsnt); Vim. ". Maryatt, party No. 3, (L. r. Smith, assistant) party No. 4, Prof H. B. Herr, (w. D. Wheeler, assistant). In addition, six enlisted men, detailed from the battalion of engineers, will assist at each station. Monument marks, and observing piers of granite or sandstone will be put up at the crossing of Green river, Kelton and Virginia City, Nevada, and at the following points: Near Wnnemucca, Nevada, at Den. yer, Georgetown, Hughes, Colorado City, Fairplay, and Canon City, Colorado; santa Fe, New Mexico; Fort Ellis, Montana Fort Hall, Idaho.
 This expedition is in continuation of long series of explorations carried on under the di- rection of the War Department, in an effect i've and thoroughly scientific manner, result ing in the opening of new routes of travel, the establishment of supply posts, and the discovery of such portions ofthe vast western areas most desirable for settlers. Too much value cannot be placed upon these labors. The parties this season will operate in nearly parallel lines, from north to south, bisecting and cutting most of the old routes of travel, and traversng the area of the backbone of the continent. obtaining the profile of the same from Denver to Mexico, and forming a portion of the sub-basns of the Salt Lake and GiIa rivers, upon the Paficic slope and Rio Grande, upon the Atlantic slope, portion ' liable to unfold more riches in it's topograph- lcal and other structional relations, than any other of equal dimensions in the still unsur- veyed portions of the United States. g series of atlas maps, on a scale of one 2 to eight miles, is proposed for the Territory , West of the Tooth meridian, each embracing an area of about 1s,000 square miles, and it 3 is to be hoped that Congress will continue to place at the disposal of the War Department such amounts as will enable it to properly carry on work now fairly inaugurated, of such vast importance to the whole country, as well to the cause of science.-I Santa Pe New Mexican.