The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-06-22
More About Benefits to Be
Derived From
SUCH COOPERATION OF THE
Stale With The United States Geo.
logical SOHey-Sleer Il
This Way.
MORE ABOUT II NEXT NEEK.

The a. $. Geological Survey is
charged With the duty Of making a
topographic and geological map Of the
entire area u the United States. a. well
a. studying is water resources and
reporting on Ia other economic pro-
ducts
The expense Of this work 10 the Fed
cral treasury IS reduced by the amount
appropriated hy the various States for
cooperative surveys All agreements
Tor co operation being On the basis of
equal expenditure. they necessarily re-
ducc by half the cost 10 the Federal
government of conducting ~ opera
tions An additional benefit of coop
GRAFTON is the Fastening II the com
plciiou of the topographic and the
geologic map u the whole United
States. which renders the maps avail.
able AZ an earlier date. not only Of the
United States but of the individual
small quadrangllar areas Of different
States. a. base Tor the further study
o. economic resources geology. hy-
biography and the classification Of
land,
The States benefit by cooperation.
geology and allied scientific activities
by the resulting deduction in expense
of administration and the possibility Of
specialization in detail otherwise un.
ub,alnablc Il gains complete topo.
graphic map VI its area. which is of
Importance 20 the development of its
numerous economic resources. and
greatly facilitates the study and pcriec.
tun oi all engineering plans and work
The topographic map is the base upon
which the field Investigations Of me
g,oluri,ts and photographers are RI,
corded. and which make. possible a
broader and more general study ~ Oh,
result, than s otherwise practicable.
% va. az once rcahEclh hy Sutyo'li,ials
Co whom such Investigations had been
assigned that an accurate and tnmprc.
hcnsiyc performance of their duties
was impossible without an adcquat,
topographic base map The expense oi
making such maps however. was
found 10 exceed In most instances the
resources procurablc from State aid.
BY o.opcrating with the Federal sur.
ycy Il was apparent that the opportu.
mites Tor systematic mapping would b,
greatly increased In the States avail.
INK themselves of the personal and
administrative knowledge ~ the sur.
ycy.
States that have not entered this plan
of cooperation with the Federal survey
have not had much topographic work
accomplished within their boundaries.
This Is not saying that without coop.
GRAFTON no topographic surveys have
been made. nor will be- made by the U.
$ geological survey, but that coop.
Grating States have had and will con.
tinuc to receive preference in the mat.
ter. and that such States will hav,
Topographic surveys made Of their
areas " principal economic interest
sooner and perhaps years before les,
favored non.coopcrativc States
Kentucky has been Tor some years
operating with the Federal survey
During the past two years the prcscn,
inaugua,cd Kentucky State Geological
Survey has co.opcratcd with the Fed
cral survey, allotting Si.UN iowarl.
topographic work and the Federal gov.
rrnmcnt allo,ting the same amount
For the present year and Tor the next
succeeding year $1,000 ha, been alloi.
ted by each for topographic work IL
Kentucky. This for period now Of
two years the State will have III,
benefit Of $40, 600 appropriated Tor topo
graphic work.
In the past years Eastern
Kentucky ha, largely benefited from
cooperative topographic surveys. IN
fact, now almost the whole Of the vast
area embracing the coal field Of East
ern Kentucky has been surveyed anC
mapped. beside several quadrangles 10