The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-05-08
Geological Survey Sends Eleven Parties into Territory Elk
pCre and Investigate.

>''''S'''' pIore and Investigate.
The Geological Survey has Just completed its preparations
for the annual c9mpqign of INVESTIGATING the mineral resources
Secretary Lane. The parties have been made up and some OF
hSs eoa %9 2 pa hr o requires Tpoon o6g
advance and part Of the uGPes are shipped in 3y@r t@e
For this seasons work supplies started inland from
points So located 200 to 500 miles inland for use Of the parties
the working SPsGn which lasts iron from %Gnc through f
special heed will be the investigation of the
Hava Been Advocated for the pooscd Government railways
Exploration of New Routes
party under the leadership of W Bagcy and Theodore
P aes T Sr on T {f Th the
with c horses will M Ma River er earl" o in hume
c&sk @ pns+%e sEG s NOW R but S n T"ns yp Rs
nuEa and Copper rivers that has been advocated as railway
the 2 RS ss S G ns On sbs %e s Be S sas oe
taken by r. H. Sargent and Philip s. smith. there
belt Of country 100 miles in width which is almost entire
% twenty On o ss " Will foo% for
toT to the ' oTr K K lie will ascend Id"od River
Visit the A"aE Tu1Eoso Bay placer districts
and S o1osrnpc S% T "@ SIS sEo Pass into M Witt y
6 o " n en u tS ' 6Sg hos Gc Considered m Capp
will gye p "J s 5c c chi 6n This work G" aH
of previous reconnaissance surveys in this field
Detailed Surveys of Gold and Copper Districts
detailed base map will be made Of part of the Juneau
district now important gold lode in Alaska and
promising to of the important on the CONT
ncnt The purpose of the base to make possible an eX-
hustivc study of the gold d. G. Whcr-
snoon will undertake the making of the base map which will be
lon n scale of 3 inches to the mile.
II detailed survey of Kotsina coppcrbcaring
Undertaken 1912, but unfortunately the delay in the 9ppro-
on during the last prevented its completion.
Il is planned that ]. II, Motif and j. b. Merc complete
detailed geologic survey of the Port Valdez gold and
district. The base map necessary for h work was completed
lin 1913.
coordinate and coreac the various geologic surveys
lin continue the studies OF the general
geology Three Gcoog will be engaged
in this during 1914 George c. Martin, assisted by r. NJ
Overlook, will continue his studies Of the Mozoic agraphy
visit localities in sOuhCasta Alaska in the
$ China Valley, and along the Yukon.
s. H. NJ. Eascin will undertake supplementary investigations
of the deposits Of Alaska. He will Of the
currcnccs the York region of Seward Peninsula and in
Il the Hot Springs district Of the Tonona Valley Mr. EaG will
also general studies of the OF mineral
deposits and mining development in the Nome Fairbanks and
Juneau districts.
Alfred H. Brooks the gcoIogist in charge of the Alaska
surveys investigations, expects leave for Alaska
Office permits probably about the middle of June He will
special the problems of Cuaernay geology
including genesis and of placer deposits lie will
visit ditarod and Fairbanks districts and, time permitting
the district Mr. Brooks will also the MONT part in
district and the Johnson party in the Valdez district
for brief periods of time.