The New York herald., 1878-07-10
THE WHEELER SURVEY.
WORK LAID OUT FOR THE COMING SEASON
OFFICERS AND STATIONS OF THE ExPEDI-
TioNAGY FoKcE-DETAILs OF THE VARIOUS
PARTIES


OFFICERS AND STATIONS OF THE ExPrpI-
TfoNAIY FoRcE-DETAILs OF THE VARIOUS
PARTIES.
WASHINGTON, July ., 1878
In pursuance Of the Systematic plau Tor the prep.
araiion OF typographical atlas Of tho entire area
wcs Of the loo.h MERIDIAN parties OF this survey aro
now taking The ncld Tor tho OF 1878 10 Utah,
Nevada, CaIIoraa, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico.
Arizona anu Texas Lieuts nsnl Wheeler Of tho Corps
OF Engineers, In charge OF tho survey, aud several
chiefs oil parties and assistants already on their
way West Tho forces divided into REQ sections
known as the Colorado Utah and California sections
and consist Of nine main aud three par
ties.
rHR OFFICERS AND STATIONS.
Tho following officers have charge Of the main
partics, under direction oi Lieutenant wheeler:-
Leutenants riliman, Symons. Young and Gnniu. Of
the Engineer corps; Lieutenant Biruc, OF tho ord
nance corps; L eulouants Ludlow and Macomb, with
Lieutenant Randolph, Third Unrod States arulicry,
as quartermaster, commissary and ordnascc ofncer
OF the expedition. Professor 4. IA. Stafford, and
Mcssrs. J. IA. Clark and Niles Rock have charge OF
Tue astronomical parties
The nam stations to be occupied astros omically
are Fort seidon, New Mexico; bort Buss Texas;
Tuiare, Caiiiornis on the southern Pacific Railroad
the Dalies, on the COLUMBIA River, and WalIa wsIa,
Ia oregon. signals from these outer staiions viii 10
forwarded TO ths connection station ut Ogden, Utah
Professor j. j. stevenson, geoo. ist OF tho expcdi-
ton vi lsIo again takes tho ncid, win Tue view Of
examining iurthor the mountains east OF the Rio
Grandc, south from the spanish Peaks, IN Colorado
and New Mexico, ana IN detail the coal groupings
along tho EASTERN base oil tn, Ro KY MountsiBs
ward IRON tho Iortieth parallel Of north latitude
Special geology al examinations will be continued at
the Comstock mining region, o which a special detail
contour map has bccn made with cross .ssctions Of
tho most important INNING claims OthSr details, re.
ferring 10 ths underground workngs, IN continuation
of tho analy teal invcstigaton vi all parts mining
operations In this remarkable silver reg ion will DO
carefully studied and made known.
MOVEMENTS OF riILD PARTIES.
The movements ol held parties VIII be as foiows:--
Party No. OF the California section Will norm
irom Camp BidweII and examine approximately
10, 900 square miles Into the Columbia River basin.
joining inc astronomical station at the Daies with
bell of trispgustiO0. IL will be n double party, and
Mr. Hcnshaw, VINO mas for SO long time acIsa 10
nithoiogist 10 tho expedition, will accompany IT.
Party No. OF this section will move south from
Carson, New, aud occupy tra1gulation paints tho
comb OF the Sierras; then, moving south Of Mono
Lake, IL VIII survey portion of the Siersss
tnuation Of work already done.
Parry No. OF TINS section especially assigned 10
the Washoe mining region.
Party No OF the Colorado section will move south
from Fort Garland along the R,o Grands Valley and
roscb. practicable, tho Mexican Dorder with party
whose detailed Iabors are westward oi the RIO
Grsnde A detachment will run prones from the
norm ana west from selected points IN the Rio