The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
FIXING THE BOUNDARY.
Surveys Being Made to Fix the Exact
Line Between the U. S and Canada.

Washington correspondence Mime
apolis Journal.
About the middle of May the United
Satets geological survey will send a
small army of scientific men into the
several important geological sections
of the country, in order that data my
be gathered upon which to base the
important and helpful publications
which from time to time the survey is
issuing. The field work will con-
tinue until the middle of August or
the early part of September, and the
fall and winter following will be spent
in compiling the information secured.
and getting it in form for public con-
sumption.
Perhaps the most interesting bit of
work which the survey will have on
hand during the coming season will be
connected with the international
boundary disputes between the United
States and the Canadian government.
In connection with these disputes, the
state department has asked the geo
logical survey to cooperate with the
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monuments from the eastern base of
the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
coast A combined party of astrono-
boundary lines with precision at three
ern is Tobacco Plains, on the
Mr.. Bailey Willis, of the survey, will
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condition of the boundary monuments,
and to reconnoiter the geological and
mineral resources Immediately south
of the boundary from the eastern base
of the Rocky mountains to the Colum-
bia river Two other parties will ex-
tend this work to Washington state.
view to getting information upon
boundary lines by joint commission
may be based.
Great Britain has always contended
that the old treaty was still in force.
and that the work of the old commits
situation. The, American state depart
old treaty is dead, and that the work
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plete and inaccurate as to entitle it to
no respect at this late day. The men
who made the surveys in 1915, for
instance, were in the wilds of the con-
tinent, and in their report predicted
that civilization would not reach the
scene of their work for many genera
tions. That work was carelessly and
unscientifcally done, and the Ameri
can government feels justified, before
congress and the state department I'M
| dertake to reopen the boundary dis
putes, in having new survey made,
with view to testing the old work,
, and of correcting it at important
points.
Some of the principal work of the
geological survey in Montana this
summer will be the continued investi-
| CATION of the Butte mining district.
The study of the faults and veins will
occupy the attention of geologist, w.
| Fl. Weed, and two assistants. This
work will be carried forward under
the direction of S. F. Emmonds, well
known through mis- Investigations at
Leadville. In view of the very large
interests involved in litigation in the
! Montana mining districts, the work OF
the geological survey is being carried
| on with extreme care, to arrive at the
facts and no immediate publication
of the results will be possible, because
of the enormous amounts of material
already collected and to be collected.
Work similar to that just referred to
will be done this season in the Mary.
vile district, in Lewis and Clarke
county,