The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-19
Government Survey During the
Past Fiscal Year Comprised
Many Square Miles.
PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
FOR ARTESIAN WATER
Underground and Surface Wa
ters Receive Special At
tention OF Department.

The work done by the United States
| geological survey In the various States
OF the Union during the leet fiscal year
July l, 1904. to July /. 1e0o-s given IN tho
twenty sixth annual report of the Direc-
tor, which has recently come from the
press
In Wyoming. 1i0 square miles Of new
area were geographically surveyed 7Ol
miles OF levels were run and 2lS bench
marks were established Two parties were
engaged In Topographic work In two quad
rangles, tho Kirwin and tho Medicine
Bow, blth for publication on the scale OF
l.Eo,Uoy with contour interval OF 100 feet.
Tho kirwln quadrangle is in the Yellow
stone forest reserve and the Medicine Bow
quadrangle Is In the forest reserve of tho
Same name
Mr., NJ. S. Bright, leyelman. completed
a circuit OF levels begun the season pre-
Vious and continued the line down Platte
river, via Casper and Orn Junction. at
which place 1t was connected with the
precise level line of the coast and geodctic
survey, This line was 23l miles In length.
and in connection with it 80 permanent
bench marks were established This worl.
was in Natrona, Converse and Carbon
counties.
Bighorn County Surveyed.
An area of 1000 square miles in the coun-
ties OF BiGhorn and Fremont, Yellowstone
reserve was trianguated during the sen
son OF 1901 by Mr., r. b. Robertson Six
old stations were reoccupied twenty-four
new stations were selected, permanently
marked and occupied. and seventeen
points located by intersections. Three
topographic atlas sheets OF Wyoming
areas were engraved and printed during
the year. They were maps of the Devils
Tower, Laramie and Sherman quad
ranglcs.
Underground Water Investigated.
The geology and underground water re-
lations or large area of Wyoming were
Investigated. Mr.. n. II Dnrton continued
his examination of the uplifted beds along
the ilnakS Of the Blghorn mountains, eX-
tending the observations Of previous sea-
sons southward Into the district drained
by Powder river and Tensleep creek. Mr..
L. O. UlriCh co-operated with MT Darton
In reviewing the Palcozoic stratigraphy of
the Blghorn mountains. A preliminary
port OF the results Of the several seasons
field work in the Bighorn range was pre-
pared and transmitted for publication as
n professional paper. and four foloS for
the geologic atlas Of the United States
the Dayton. Fort Mckinley. Bald noun
tain and Cloud peak-were completed and
transmitted for publication. The maps
and texts descriptive of the Pleistoccne
geology Of the Dayton and Cloud peak
folios were prepared by Prof. r d. Sails
bury. Mr.. &. a. Fisher extended the field
work on the Bighorn mountains across
the northern portion OF the Bighorn basin.
and prepared report descriptive Of the
structure, the under ground and surface
waters, and various economic resources.
including coal and ether minerals.
Prof. G. c. OHarra continued his work
i'm the region of the northern Black Hills,
especially with a view to nscertaining the
structure and underground water condi-
lions In the Belle Fourche and Little MIS-
souri valleys. 1t was found that there
along the Little Missouri river I'm the
vicinity OF the Wyoming Montana State
line. The results Of Mr.. o Harra's work
will be included In the Devils Tower folio
and also Incorporated In the report on
the geology and underground water re-
sources of the northern Black HIS re-
gion A preliminary examination of the
iron ores at Hartyille, Wyo.. was made
by Prof. c. X. Lelth
Brief Account of Coal Deposits.
Publications relating to the State and
issued by the survey during the year in
cludc professional paper on the geology
ana underground water resources of the
Central Great Plains geologic folio or
the Newcastle quadrangle. and a brief
account of coal In the Blnck Hills all by
Mr.. Darton Stream -Gnging stations were
maintained by the topographic branch at
Thermopolis New York, Buffalo Fishers
ranch. Green River. Jclm, Alcova Guern-
Sey. Saratoga, Pnedale. kearney. Fay
ette. Cody and Moran The only reclama-
ton project In Wyoming under consdeTa-
tion contemplates the utilization Of por-
ton of the surplus water of Shoshone
river FOR tho reclamation of land in the
northern part of BiShorn county. Thc IL
rigabe land and the reservoir site were
mapped on q scale Of 1000 feet TO / inch.
with contour intervals Of ten feet. and
the canyon of the Shoshone river which Is
three and a half miles long. was mapped
on a scale OF 100 feet to / inch with con-
tour intervals of Ave feet The dam site
Was mapped on scale Of 10 feet To the
incb. with contour intervals of five feet
About 200 square miles were mapped out.
Complete Plans for Dam.
The location OF n conduit in the canyon
and of canals covering the largest area
OF land that could be feasibly irrigated
and projected on the topographic sheets
md plans for Il dam and headworks at
the head OF the canyon were made.
wagon road was constructed into the
canyon. over which to transport material
to tho tunnels and dam site. Work on
the construction OF telephone line from
Cody to the dam site Was commenced.
The main canal and tunnels were staked
on the ground and a topographic survey
of additional lands was undertaken De-
signs were made for an impoundIng dam
of incrca Sed height Borings at the dam
site were made. and the location Of canal
and tunnel lines and the topographic
SURVEYS OF irrigable land were prosecuted
Designs and specifications were completed
for n masonary dam In the canyon above
Cody to be 3lO feet high, and for tun-
mel to divert water from the river above
Corbctt
MASON VALLEY STRIKE,