Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-13
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| MI iNltIhIh fNdUN VI nav
! charge of party for the survey OF the
Medicine Bow quadrangle, on the scale
| OF miles 10 ] inch with l00.foot con
| tours, This sheet Includes several min
| ing areas, among the best known Of
which Is that about Centennial Gen
eral supervision OF this work will be In
trusted 10 Mr. r. NJ. Bannon. who viii
also have Immediate charge Of a party
making the topographic survey " the
eastern portion Of the Yellowstone for
est reserve. This includes the area In
the vicinity Of kirwin, where important
mining properties are In progress of de-
yelopmeut Mr. NJ s. Bright viii carry
a line OF levels between the coast sur
vey datum Mt RawJlns and that at Grin
Junction This viii Include some eX-
tension Of the work in the vicinity OF
Casper, preparatory 10 the topographic
survey of q quadrangle In that vicin-
ity. Mr. n. y. Robertson will connect
the triangulation from the Colorado
positions with those In northwestern
Wyoming, carrying II across the SOUTH
ern portion Of the Blghorn forest re-
serve.
In Colorado. Mr.. Frank Tweedy, as
sisted by Messrs Pearson Chapman
Moore, and Buell. will complete the top
ographical survey OF the Blackhawk 10
minute quadrangle. They will also fin.
ish three special mnps, on the scale Of
1000 feet TO the inch. of the mining
areas about Central City, Idaho
Springs and Silver Plume Mr.. j. r.
McBeth viii carry trlangulatlon over
a proposed forest reserve south Of
Lake City and VIII incidentally locate
stations for a detailed survey Of the
mining area about Creole. lie VIII also
commence the survey Of the San Crlsto-
bal quadrangle,
Work in California and Oregon will
be under the general direction Of Mr. r.
| b. Marshall The Iron Mountain spe-
cial quadrangle VIII be completed by
MIR. a. L. oliver. Work in cooperation
with the state will be continued In the
Sacramento valley, where II Is planned
TO survey I'VE l5-minute quadrangles, all
on n scale OF Inches 10 one mile. The
| OIL Center special sheet viii be COM
| pleted and the Bakersfield l5.minute
| quadrangle continued Two l5-minute
| quadrangles north Of San Jose and
Mount Hamilton will be surveyed. In
| this work Mr. Marshall will be assist
| ed by Messrs George II. Davis. S. n.
Stoner, G. l.. Nelson, p. r. Bartlett and
| H. r. Ferriss II is planned that
| Messrs. c. r. Urquhart and Il. A. Far
| mer shall extend triangulation and lev
~
| OF the Grants Pass quadrangle in Ore
| gon will be undertaken by Messrs A. /.
| oliver and IT, NJ Fry, The Telocaset
| quadrangle viii be completed by Mr..
| w G. Guerin.
In Washington, work on the Pull
| man quadrangle will be continued by
| Mr. l.. G, Fletcher. Mr. A. II. Sylves.
ter win complete the topographic SUR
| yey Of the Mount Adams quadrangle.
| Under the direction OF Mr.. II. "a, Chap
| man vertical and horizontal control
I will be carried forward over portion
| of Whatcom county, preparatory TO
| the survey OF the Bellinghan quad
| rangle.
| In Utah, MIR. A. II. Murln win COM
| plete the survey OF the Gilbert Peak
| quadrangle, comprising a portion Of
| the Uiutah forest reserve. The SUR
vey OF the Frisco quadrangle, which
! Includes the Horn Silver district Wi
be commenced.
Mr. Arthur stiles will complete the
topogr9 phic survey OF the Van Horn
Commute quadrangle In III Paso
county Texas, and commence the sur
yey Of a S0-mlnute quadrangle TO in
clude the principal oil wells I'm and
about Beaumont The Bonham 30
| minute quadrangle viii be completed
during the winter by Mr. Fred Nc
| Laughlin.
During the fan Of the winter Of 1904 5
topographic SURVEYS win be extended
under the direction Of MIR r. NJ Ban
non, In the vicinity Of Phoenix and
Mesa, Arizona. SURVEYS In charge OF
MIR. Richard r. Evans will be continued
lq the Grand canyon, A special map
covering the Tombstone mining dis
trict win be made by Mr. r. II. Sar-
gent, who is at present In China en-
gagged I'm making surveys for the Car
negle Institution
Surveys I'm New Mexico viii he car
ried ON during the winter under the
direction OF Mr. n, H. Chapman. These
VIII include the survey Of the Socorro
l5-minute quadrangle and the extern
sion OF trangulation southwark and
eastward from the ella river forest re-
serve. II Is planned also to measure
base line in the vicinity Of Socorro.
The survey OF forest reserve bound
aries, under the direction OF Mr. A, II.
Huntington, win be taken up In the
following order:
Lewis and Clarke reserve, Montana.
by Mr. W, II. Thorn.
| Pocatello reserve, Idaho. by Mr.. T.
H. JOY, who will later take up
survey of the Logan and Payson re-
serves I'm Utah
Aquarius reserve Utah, by MIR. ]
Walker who will. during the winter,
mark the boundary of the Wichita re-
serve Oklahoma,
Work on the Santa Barbara and san
Jnclnto reserves, California, win be
commenced by Messrs. Thorn and JOY
during the winter and probably con-
tnucd into the spring OF 1905.