The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-25

a. work of the department OF the In
- in Alaska this year will be on a
- larger scale than heretofore. At the
q Of the season 1t is expected that
.env reports bearing on the varied re-
.-rres Will be added to the information
- h possession of the government on
- subjects. OF all. probably the most
s,orfant work is that assigned the va
n exploration parties. Not all Of this
- Il r. said. will be done this year. In
- II Is expected there VIII be labor
!, ne geological survey branch Of .he
xnrtmeht for many years TO come
~ various parties TO be engaged In the
.sseifal survey work this season are
- rathering in Seattle. For n greater
~raber OF them this years supplies are
- put up by local merchants. The sup
- for those parties that next year will
9 renote from civilization VIII be cent up
-, and cached in some place along the
- 70 be called for before the winter
ssrn sets In.
speaking yesterday Of the work IN
| ss,ral to be done in the north by the
~,ous parties F. s. Schrader. who viii
- party to the Copper river country.
p: Our party expects to get away on
s.aay on the Excelsior. That vessel
sfved here today. but has had to gp to
| = lsydock to make repairs Of damage
| - in the ice We will take with us ten
- ana twenty horses.
sfhe United States geological survey Is
soaring to continue during the coming
rnper. the work Of typographical ana
! sucefcai mapping which hae been In
soeres in Alaska for several years. TIE
syersl parties which are now outfitting
. 1 SEATTLE will devote their energies to
. a seward peninsula and to tho Copper
ar and Prince William sound region.
| n sbs Cape Nome region the topo-
snphic work will be carried on in charge
LIE c. Barnard. who expects to covT
= region lying between the coast and
| 8, sawtooth range OF mountains. The
mthesn limit of the work will be In the
unity Of Port Clarence and to the south
= Il viii take in the country west Of
+ ~ ssver and Golovin bay. 1t Is the
N 10 extend an instrumental triangula-
| q swer the whole of this region and to
nrect II with the work OF the cast and
| n1stie survey in Golovin bay and With
| 4 surveys which will be made by that
| mnnisation In the vicinity of Port Clar-
| - during the present season.
| 1eesther with this trianxulation II IL
| t. IL
| i he entire region upon a scale OF four
/ ~ to one inch with contours represent
- = differences OF elevation of 200 ses. Be
| - this q reconnaissance survey will be
~ up the Fish river to determine the
Duftinn - the Omalik silver district. The
ntce,cai work In this region will be car
n d under the direction Of Alfred H.
npeas. He will be assisted by q. b. Rich
- .~A ArthVr Cnllte~
"A pesty In charge OF Topographer ". j.
Nm vim make similar mop. Of the
Nm across the Seward peninsula from
xwson bay to Kotxebue sound. The
rsoey will be done by W. c. Menden-
VI The actual limits of the map will be
ustIrxent upon the geology and economic
tselcpmen. OF the region.
1he Copper river party will b. headed
y myself. Its primary object will be the
aaStruction of a topographic map In the
Mn Of the Chitena river and the de-
ND study of the geology and copper
lesits Of the region. The topogrsphy VIII
\ done by r O. Gerdine with the as
nance OF d. c. Witherspoon The geology
vfn be done by II. c. Schrader and Arthur
Spencer.
IN addition to the detailed work, a
nsloeicai reconnaissance IL planned to
nmnt Wrange, and In returning to the
uAS an attempt will be made to cross
" st. Elias range. Also he topography
70 be connected with the coas' by means
q line down the Copper river to It's
Acih During the month OF Octopsr sur
sus will be made in Prince william
naad especially In regard TO the occur
'Nre Of the copper deposits.
For the season of 1901 Il IL planned 10
Mpiofe the region which lies north OF me
Aayukuk river. TO this end provisions ana
eanpete outfits for tive parties are being
riFed this summer from san Francesca
y Bsigeman at the head Of steamboat
sassstion on the koyukuk river where
hsy will be stored until called for by the
nplofers. The biologists AMI topograrheis
fM VIII make M these two parties VIII
lrseed TO BerEcma1 by way OF SkNgway
I'd the Yukon In the spring O. 1901. 'ae
Msy will strike nor Inward, aiming u
aHstse the Colville river, the other WI
suk toward thr west Neas' either along
u Noatak or Koo-Wak river, The di-
stian OF this exploration has not been