The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

'ii' II. vi. w llSOn, OF w aShlngtOT
y. e., chief geographer of the De
partment Of the Interior, who ha.
} been in this state for some time. in.
specting the surveys now being made,
gives the following comprehensive
statement of the extent of the work:
Thirty thousand dollars have been
appropriated by the state of West
Virginia to be used during the ensu.
ing two years for the purpose of the
survey. The national government
appropriales an equal amount 50
there will be $50, 900 spent each year.
The surveys are being made in re-
gions designated by the State geolog-
ical board"
"The surveys are being made by
various parties. There is one party
under MIR. Tatum which ia making
what we call the primary triangula.
ton. 1t makes accurate angles of
various prominent points, marking
them by stone monuments which are
! permanent and which can be made
the basis of future surveys of all
properties and lines. From these
points four Typographical parties are
working. The first party under Mr..
hall has practically completed the
Wheeling sheet, that is the region of
which Wheeling is the center, and
he is now working on the Farm ont
sheet, which includes the region he.
tween Falrmont, Grafton and Clarks.
burg. The party under the manage
ment of Mr. Brumstead has the re.
gion around M0undsville completed
and Is now working around Blacks.
vile, a small town west of Morgan.
town. Mr. Morrill, is working ON
the sheet which maps the neighbor.
hood Of Huntington. Mr.. Brown
Is working on the Hamlin sheet.
These two parties will work around
Charleston and up into the neighbor-
hood Of CIarksburg and Weston in a
few weeks"
These parties this year, will map
about five atlas sheets covering an
area of 1900 square miles. Next
season they will be able to map a
much larger area. probably about 3,
800 square miles. The reason that
more work can be done in the second
year than in the first is that in the
first year there is the expense of fit
ting up camps, buying equipments
and planning the work"
you will observe that the crops
are engaged in surveying the oll and
gas and coking fields of the north.
eastern section of the State first
This is done because it was believed
that it was of the most Importance to
have maps Of this region first, being
richest in meteorological and other
natural resources
CAS- soon as the weather cuts off the
field work the party chiefs will
meet at Washington to draw the
maps and sum up the work. This is
a task that will take practically the
entire winter. BY Spring they will
he ready to issue photo.litograph
maps, which will be issued to those
who need them most for business and
scientific purposes. The drawings are
then sent to the engravers who pre-
pare the colored plates which are is
sued to the general public. The en-
Craving Of the maps is difficult task
and requires a year for its complet
ion. The colored engravings of the
first years work will be ready for the
the next session Of your legislature,
and for the second years work the
pholo litograpbs, which are simply in
black and white. will be ready"
The Typographical survey is only
preliminary to other work. It will
be followed by the geologists, who
can not start until they have these
maps to guide them. The geologists
will plot the underground strata.
They will determine the depths ar
which the different veins of coal aud
other mineral deposits are found and
will place the data upon Csc mape
They will give the amount of land
taken up by virgin forest, the amount
of cleared land and the area of land
taken mp by crops There will be am
Investigation by the Autographed
division which will gather the date
concerning all The streams aud bodies
Of waters, asceriaiping the amount Of