Arizona republican., 1904-06-13
LAY OF THE LAND
Typographical Field Work
 in Western States
The Operations Contemplated in This Territory an Extension of Sur yeys Already Made.

Washington, June 12.-(SpeciaD.- - The field work Of the western division of topography, United States Geological Survey, during the season of 190405 will cover portions of eleven states. This work is under the general super vision of Mr. F. M. Douglas.
 MONTANA.
 Under the immediate direction of MT H. l.. Baldwin, jr, several 15-minute quadrangles will be surveyed in the state of Montana. Messrs. Fred Me Laughlin. Fl. H. Hodgeson. A. B. Searle, and William Stranahan will act as chiefs of parties. In addition. to the work on the 15-minute quadrangles. about 200 square miles will be sur Veyed in cooperation with the ReclI- nation Service on the scale of 20O0 feet to ] inch.
 In order 10 determine whether min ing operations at Butte cause subsi- dence of the surface a n;=:nber of bench marks will be carefully established with proper references to distant points under the direction of MT. R. H. Chap | northern part of the Lewis and Clarke Forest Reserve. comprising portions of the Kintla lakes and Marston quad rangles, will also be directed by MT. Chapman.
 SOUTH DAKOTA.
 In this state 1-2 15-minute quad rangles will be surveyed. It is also proposed to survey in cooperation with the Reclamation Service, 19O square miles of an area on the scale of 10G0 feet to 1 inch, with 5-foot contours. The work will he under the general direc- | ton of Mir. w. Fl. Heron, assisted by Messrs. Irvine, Birdseye and Black 1 burn.
 WYOMING.
 Mir. Richard T. Evans will have charge of a party for the survey oi the Medicine Bow quadrangle, on the scale of 2 miles to 1 inch, with 100-foot 1 contours. This sheet includes several mining areas, among the best known | of which is that about Centennial 1 General supervision of this work will | be intrusted to MT. T. M. Ramon, who will also have immediate charge of a party making the topographic survey of the eastern portion of the Yellow stone Forest Reserve. This includes the area in the vicinity of Kirwin where important mining properties are in progress of development. MT. NJ Is. Bright will carry line of levels between the Coast Survey datum al Rawlins and that at Orin Junction 1 This will include some extension Oi the work in the vicinity of Casper l of a quadrangle in that vicinity. MT | F. E. Robertson will connect the trian- ! guIation from the Colorado positions l with these in northwestern Wyoming 1 carrying it across the southern portion of the Bighorn Forest Reserve.
 COLORADO.
 In Colorado, MT. Frank Tweedy, as : sisted hy Messrs. Pearson Chapman Moore and Buell., will complete the to pographic survey of the Blackhawk 15- minute quadrangle. They will alsC finish three special maps, on the scale of 1000 feet to the inch, of tn; mining areas about Central City. Idaho l Springs and Silver Plume. MT. J. F McBeth will carry triangulatiOn over { l proposed forest reserve south of Lax, 1 City and will incidentally locate sta tions for a detailed survey of the min ing area about Creede. He will als Ecommence the survey of the San Cris. tobal quadrangle.
 CALIFORNIA.
 Work in California and Oregon vii be under the general direction of MT R. B. Marshall. The Iron Mountain Special quadrangle will be completed by MT. A. I. Oliver. Work in coopera tion with the state will be continued in the Sacramento Valley, where it i planned to survey five 15 minute quad rangles, all on a scale of inches to mile. The oil Center special shee will be completed and the Bakersfiel, h minute quadrangles north of S4i Jose and Mount Hamilton will be sur veyed In this work MT. Marshall vii be assisted by Messrs. George R. Davis S. N. Stoner, c. L. Nelson, E. R. Bart lett and H. R. Ferriss. It is planne that Messrs. c. F. Urquhart and R. A !