The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-18
AN EVERETT BANK CLOSED.
The Supreme Court Frees VIM. Rob-
inson. Convicted of Manslaughter.
Either He Was Guilty of Murder or In
nocent. the Court Says-Bium and
Jackifng, the >muggiers Who
Turned states Evidence, sue for a
Reward.

Tacoma. July I7.-Special.-Ths Stars
ana stripes wave over a collection of
tents IN the woods beyond the city and
county hospital. ia the southern part OF
town, and in school section Is It is The
carp Of party from the United States
geological survey. The party is composed
OF Prof Bailey Wills. w. Lindyren, G..
y. smith. assistant TO Prof Willis. TWO
miners from Carbonate. and eook. The
little daughter Of Prof Willis is with the
party.
Mr.. Dirdgren is the expert mining en-
gineer. sent out by the department OF the
interior 10 report on the goId-bearing
qualities OF land IN section Is claimed
by Mcbride IN his famous contest to Sc
cure title 10 the property as mineral land.
Secretary Hoke Smith is not able 20 de-
termine who is lying IN the great mass of
conflicting testimony presented in the
case, and wants a report from A govern
ment expert before he renders an opin-
ION. Mr.. Lindgren is graduate of Frei-
berg. Saxony, and has been with the geo.
logical survey for eleven years For sew
eral years past he has been making geo.
logical maps through the California gold
belt. These maps are now being pub
iished. The two practical miners are as
sIsting Mr.. Lindgren.
A plumber OF short tunnels have been
driven in the sides OF the gulch along
which the mineral claims are located. A
Post-Inteiligencer correspondent today
visited the gulcn and found Mr. Lind
gren with a miners pan washing out
some OF the dirt. He OF course will not
state the result OF his examination so far
He will thoroughly prospect the section,
weeks longer. Then he viii make up his
report and forward II TO the department
after which he will return TO California
to continue his work there.
Prof. Willis is not directly engaged In
the work on the section. He is here for
the purpose OF doing the preliminary work
for a geological survey OF the state. He
is at present beginning on this work, and
has located rs camp here for the con-
venience OF SIR Lindgren. who has no
camp outfit. MIR. G. o. Smith. Of Johns
Hopkins university. is with him as his
assistant Prof Willis. In conversation
with the Post-Intelngence correspond
ent. said:
THE geological survey Is TO be carried
on In this state the same as elsewhere.
Ny work is that II conducting general
reconnaissance The first part of the work
In the geological survey Is the making of
a Typographical map. This Is made in
sections, each OF which covers 4 quarter
OF square degree. Such map Is now
being made In the quarter taking in Ia
coma and wfk.son. and running almost
down to seattle. deorge Is sfNue mas
charge OF the work. He and MS party
are now located near Kent. Orillia was
the las place from which | heard from
them. r. NJ Goode has general super
vision OF the work, as well as that OF a
similar nature along the entire coast.
when this typographical map Is COM
pieted my work begins. go over the
ground and determine the geological for
nation, and so place them on he map.
completing the map. which Is then pub
ushed with n description in one folio for
each quarter Of a square degree. The
work is thus carried on sheet ny sheet.
until the entire state Is finished. Years.
81 course. will be occupied In finishing
IN the state. II will he about two years
before this division We are now working
on will he completed and published
LAS there is no satisfactory map for
me ., work on 7 must walt FOR Mr.
Hvde's Typographical map. so I will put
In ,h's season making a general recon
rsis<ance az the coal fields OF he state
% determine the extent and occurrence
~ coal deposits and also OF iron ores. I
exnee, 70 visit Monte Cristo shortly"