Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-22
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PEKsONAL.-Judge Cox has gone from Nara
gansett Pier to the Hotel Kauterskill in the
Catskill Mountains. Ferdinand A. Hassler,
OF Washington was passenger by the overland
train TO arrive in San Francisco last Wednesday.
Mr.. David P. Todd, connected with the
naval observatory here, has accepted position
in the astronomical observatory at Amherst
College. and will enter on his new duties at the
beginning OF the next college year.-Nathaniel
Paige. of Washington, was registered at the
office of the New York Herald in Paris yesterday
H. BertOut and W. C. Wood are at Newport
j. E. Johnson is spending couple of weeks
at the Fauguier Springs.-R. H. Graham has
gone to the Red Sulphur Springs.-Marshal
Henry has gone to Mentor Ohio, for short
stay.-O. C.. Wight is at Rock EnOn.-
Among the arrivals at Berkeley Springs during
the last few days were the following named
Washingtonians: Miss A. B. Williams, ]. B. Will
son, Mrs. Katharine r. Hill. Miss Bessie r. Hill,
Miss Ramsey, Miss Elizabeth Reyburn. Miss
Mamie Hogg. Allan Rutherford and wife. Miss
Emma Schafer, Miss Mamie iAHchafer. John H.
Magruder. George Norris, W. H. Reeder and r.
Fl. Spndle.-Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner has returned from the Sweet Springs
Col Thompson, superintendent of the railway
mail service. is out of the city for few days.
The Geological Survey.
MEMBERS OF THE CORPS IN THE FIELD-REPORTs
IN COURSE OF PREPARATION.
As many members of the geological survey
are now engaged in compiling the result of two
years of field work in reports there are but few
parties engaged i'm the field Dr. c. A. White
and Mr.. l.. F. Ward are hunting up fossil fora.
near Greeley, Colorado, and will go thence to
the vicinity of Fort Bridger. in Wyoming Terri
tory; Mr.. J. Howard Gore assisted by Messrs
GOOde and McElhOne. is running base line near
Fort Wingate. in New Mexico; Mr.. James
Stevenson. assisted by Messrs Henry D. Bddel
and ii. F. Chappell. are engaged in chronological
work among the PueblOs. of New Mexico. max
ing collections OF pottery, utensils and imple-
ments for the National Museum: Mr.. Gilbert
Thompson. with several assistants. is run
ming system of triangulatiOn from the
base line at Fort Wingate; Mr.. J. S. Curtis is at
work with a geological party near Eureka New.
and Prof. Chamberlain, formerly state geOlO9ist
OF Wisconsin. is studying the terminal morane
IN Dakota. The forthcoming reports-all of
which it is expected will be in the hands of the
printer 10y next spring-will make very eX-
haustive exhibit of tine three years work of the
corps, which includes two years of actual field
work. The reports will comprise twelve or more
volumes OF practical and general geology and
paleontOlogy. Mr.. S. f. EmmOns is now i'm New
York preparing report on Geology and Min
ing Industry of Leadville. Colorado Mr.
Arnold Hague is in the same CITY, writing his
report on the geology of Eureka mining district.
New. NJ. Eliot Lord is in New York making upa
history of the COmStOck mines: Mr.. George F.
Becker is also in New York preparing his re-
port on the COmstock lode; W. X. Eckart, C. E..
Is IN California preparing report on the mech
ancal appliances used in mining and milling on
the Comstock lode; Mr. Raphael Pumpelly is at
Newport preparing three reports. one on coal
ami one on iron in the United States and the
third on lesser metals and general mineral re-
sources; Mr.. Clarence King is in New York CITY
completing an extensive report on the precious
metals; Captain c. E. Dutton is in this city nre-
pairing report on the geology of the
Georgetown district; Mr. G. K Gil
bert is also here writing report of
his Investigations i'm the basin of Utah.
and Prof o. G.. Marsh is at New Haven writing
report on the Dinccerata. These reports will
be printed in uniform size, aud the maps will
be OH uniform scale. each map including two
degrees of longitude and one of latitude II is
hoped that next year the work of the sur
vey win be extended east of the Tooth meridian
in the Mississippi and Appalachian divisions. The
Forthcoming annual Oftlic chronological Bureau
OF the Smithsonian Institution which, as well as
the geological survey, is under the direction of
Major Powell. will be an unusually interS Sting
volume. 1t is intended only as an indication
rather than n report of the work being done.
and will be made up of contributions from the
different specialists. Ii will be well adanted
for popular reading. The illustrations have
beel prepared with great care and will be a very
yaifaisi; feature of the work