Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08

made in the manner Of The topop.
rnphers Of the government sur
vcy, almost have sunced TO com
plete map Of the state Of Kentucky. II
~ probable that there has been enough
money spent on such explorations durinu
tho last thirty years IN tho United states
to have paid the entire cost OF the pro.
/ posed national maps
I II a map such as tho national survey 4
now rapidly constructing had been In tx.
istenuc at the outbreak Of the clyihwar,
| 70 would undoubtedly have FASTENED tho
progress Of that conflict Much OF the
I delay and many OF the mlschanccs which
blndered the work Of chs federal armies
arose from tho difficulty OF securing
knowledge OF the ground on which their
operations were conducted While the
/ federal generals we're compelled TO
work IN ignorance Of the ground
| they were seeking 10 occupy, the Con-
/ fedfmles were able 10 prepare sufficient
maps Of the country within tlolr Zines to
dispose thcir forces 10 the best advantage
II seems not unlikely that If a good
national map had existed, we should nave
been spared a year Of the war and the
consequent luss Of blood and treasure.
The construction oi this nAtiDnM man
Is now 10 progress, Over COO, 900 square
miles OF the whole OF about 5000 600
square miles OF area Is already surveyed,
IN part by The present survey, In part Nv
INC previous government surveys. With
a iair rHtc Of progress we can socufe
me completion Of this great work
poiofe inc end OF the century.
MlNEHAL AND SOL Wealth.
The second and more important part Of
the ttbftt1t =. 4 -.
cal studies which rest on this man MS n
base, Is already under way. This con.
Germs tbu mineral and soil resources of
the whole country. II is impossible
within The limits OF this writing, TO dive
a detailed account Of this cxceedinulv
varied work, The first and largest of lts
problems, because most Immediately ne.
lat to our economies concerns the con.
ditlons OF our soil, the conditions OF their
natural covering Of forests and the At-
ness Of the land for I'll age. At first
sight 10 may seem that such survey
could do little to aid the agriculturlst.
hut each year brings our tillage into
more effective relations with science. IL
Is clonr that the cont nued fertility of our
soil depends upon the supply Of mineral
phosphate OF lime carbonate
OF lime, soda and potash. 1t will be the
duty OF the survey TO trace out and man
the extensive sources OF such supply.
within the limits Of the United States
there Is an area OF nearly one hundred
thousand square miles OF swamps. such
as nave furnished the MOST fertile lands |
OF Northern Europe. While cheap and
easily improved lands are to be had these
swamps ure neglected. They constitute
valuable reserve of land which |
wiz soon have to be brought into use. |
ny proper study Of these swamp lands
the government survey can do n very VAL |
liable work for the agricultural interests |
Of the country.
LOCATION or MINERAL RESOURCES
Inc deopor-lylng resources of the earth |
come next In Importance Much has been
done towards the setting forth of thc min.
'ral resources Of this country by former
surveys, but each OF the old geo
logical surveys has considered the
interests and conditions of SIMPLE
communities In the interests If thc
whole country, we need something better
nan this state rights geology. In very
many cases the experts win be able Ia
'olnt out ways In which the resources Of
one state can be made TO aid I'm the de-.
'elopment OF those In another. Tho
great defects in our present systems Of
producing iron would have been avoided
II our iurnaCe-mcn had been able Ia know
what such survey will tell Ms ia tho
location and extent OF American iron
lres' At present we have many millions
d capital sunk In furnaces which orn "a
remote from the sources of cheap ores
nat they will soon have to be abandoned
y IS only by means OF thorough account
u our mineral resources that such i'm.
luslries can have safe production. In
me matters OF fuel coal, coke and nntiIr.
u gas,as well as In the kindred substance.
petroleum., careful scientific innuiry
an do much to prevent the unnecessary
Of capital in fruitless efforts.
Inc writer had charge OF the inyestipa.
IONS as to mineral resources of New
england which were made durlno tho !
enth census of the United States Uis !
INQUIRIES showed that during tho Inst |
"en'Y wears more than four million dol
afs had oeen wasted in utterly homeless ,,
inning schemes within this district. vet
!ilS region does not begin to compare i'm {
70 oiuhderS with many other parts of the :
n'teu states The waste of money IN
ulhlns schemes In various parts of this
ountry winch would have been con.
VN ny INC advice of such n
urVey mas probably amounted, dur. C
1g lhe last thirty years, 10 .
oout two hundred millions of dollars. or !,
many times the cost of complete mn. L
lonal survey Already we have sufficient t
sluenees That the information given by $
nc survey can effectually prevent wild y
lluing schemes, When the mines Of I
.eaayllie We're discovered, the conditions I
Whlch the ore occurred were new "a y
no miners aud the blunders great. I'm. b
iouls'ely on the establishment of the ma. o
Ionai survey, a competent geolonist WINS "
etalied TO study the district. Ills no.
o.'S nave formed the basis of explorn. =
ION aud nave served to bring tho MINING =
mat region from the original speonla' -
We ~, state TO that Of legitimate industry
lnns not only as means of discover.
Y new resources, but In It's work of cor. h,
'mtihg ana controlling the earth indns. a.
ies OF the country the national snrvnv v
" . nelu OF very wide usefulness beforc n
: knowledge such as II can Obtain a. "
ayonu me power OF individual enternrise h
acluire II ranks in value with the re-. n
,urces OF natural defense against forc,gn d,
leuics' II Is in fact n means of protec. n,
on against ignorance, the common ~, OF