The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-11
THE Now SURVEYS.
Typographical Work to Be Done in the
Nehalem and Columbia Valleys.

Mr.. Richard Goode, of San Francisco
United States geographer In charge OF
the Pacific coast division of topography
was at the Portland hotel Sunday. Mr.
Goode was in Washington City for sew
eraa months, and Is now en- route for
San Francisco to make arrangements
for active work during the summer and
fall throughout his division The last
congress appropriated 100000 for the TO-
geographic and geological survey of the
country. OF this amount, $4,000 was ap-
portioned TO the Pacific Coast DIVISION
In charge Of Mr.. Goode, consisting Of
California, Oregon hnd Washington.
half of which shall be devoted to topo>
graphic work and half to the geological
survey. California will receive as much
benefit from this amount as Oregon and
Washington combined. Work will begin
in real earnest soon in Oregon and Wash
ington.
A party in charge of Mr.. j. s. Diller
will start out in week or ten days. The
party will first study the section directly
west Of Portland, over the coast range
to the ocean. 1t will make a reconnois'
sance Of the Nehalem valley and recross
the range to the Columbia Valley. Re-
ports have been received in Washington
city that there are valuable mineral de-
posits in this region. Another section
will be made by this party across tins
range at Corvallis and Yaquina Bay.
One Typographical party is now at work
in the vicinity of Roseburg, and will map
the country between Roseburg and Coos
Bay. A third party is at work In the
Coos Bay country 1t is combining itself
to the primary tTiangulation work.
A afAnf0 av.fty fu eau q
present in the vicinity of Tacoma and
skirting the base of Mt. Rainier in the
east end of Pierce county. A geological
party, in charge of Mr.. Bailey Willis,
who has already done some work in the
coal fields Of Washington, will soon begin
operations upon a survey of the coal
fields, making a reconnaissance of the
Wilkeson, Green River and New Castle
coal fields. 1t will then make an eXplo-
ration of the Methow valley for coal,
and a reconnaissance of the Cascade
range south of Mt. Rainier, with refer
ence to the occurrence of anthracite in
the Cowlltz pass, and of the coal fields
on the line of the proposed railroad from
North Yakima to Vancouver The party
will also make an examination of the
Jaspar schists of the Skagit for possible
deposits of iron ore of the Lake Superior
type. This work will be preliminary to
the mapping of coal fields south of Sc
attic.
In preparing the maps, that have De
come SO useful, a great deal of work is
necessary by both the typographical and
geological parties. The survey is under
the charge Of Mr.. Charles d. Wolcott,
of Washington City. The geological par
ties report direct to him; the topographic
parties to the geographer Of each division.
The preliminary work is known as the
primary triangulation. survey, and is
now being made in the Coos Bay coun'
try. 1t is determined with a great deal
of refinement by this work the latitude
and longitude of various points, prin-
cipally the highest point of mountains.
This serves as basis for detailed topo,
graphical mapping. The typographical
work naturally precedes the geological
work, and the maps resulting from the
surveys show by a system Of contour
lines the exact formation of the country
over which the surveys extend. The ele-
vatfons of all the hills, mountains and
valleys, the fall in feet per mile of all
rivers and streams, are accurately ascer-
tanned, and in addition, the roads and
detached houses are marked. The geo.
logical survey naturally follows the 9TH
erS.