The daily Alaskan., 1914-05-09
ELEVEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
 PARTTES IN THE TERRITORY

The Geological Survey has just completed it's preparations for the annual campaign of Investigating the mineral resources or Alaska, the field plans for the year having been approved by Secretary Lane. The parties have been made up, and some of the horses and other cquiDment~ purchased. Prosecuting surveys in the isolated parts of the Territory requires preparation
 long in advance, and paIt of the supplies are shipped in oyer the win ter trails on account of the diff
 faculties of summer transportation.
 For this seasons work supplies were started inland from the coast
 early last January and are now
 cached at convenient points locat--
 ed 200 to 800 miles inland for use
 of the parties during the working season. which lasts from June through September. Eleven parties will be put in the field this year,
 and as in the past special heed will be given to the investigation of the resources of those districts which are tributary to the several routes that
 have been advocated for the DrO- posed government railroad.
 A party under the leadership of J. ". Bagley and Theodore Chapin, will undertake the exploration of the region tributary to Talkeetna river and will connect with the sur vcys of the Broad Pass region
 made last year. This party, consist ing of seven men with fifteen horses will go up Matauuska river early
 in June, and start work near the scene of the new gold discovery on Albert creek. It will penetrate a region now but little known, lying in the headwatcr country of Talk .eerna river. On returning, the party will survey the region between the beadwatcrs of MAtauuska and Cop per rivers that has b=en adyocat- ed as aratlway route
 An exploration of Ch9 region ly- ing between Lake Clark on the east and the Iditarod district on the west will be undertaken by R. II. Sargent and Philip s. smith. Here there is a belt of country over l0g miles in width, which is almost an entire blank on the map. The party, made up of seven men, with twenty horses. will follow route that has been suggested for a railway into the grcrf Kuskok- vim basin.
 A. G. Madden will investigate the goId-plaoer districts tributary to the EusEoIswim. He will ascend Iditarod river, by canoe, portage across the divide to reach the Iluskokwim, and visit AnniaE, TuldEsak, and G0odnews bay placer districts.
 stephen R. Capps and c. b. Git- lin will carry geologic and topo- graphic surveys across SkoIai Pass into~the White river basin and thence to the international bound- ary. This is also a region where railway building has been consider ed. Mr. Capps will give special at- tcuuou to the investigation of the newly discovered gold district in the Chisaua basin. This work is an of previous reconnaissance surveys in this field.
 A detailed base map will be made of part of the Juneau ttat~ict, now Inc most important gold lode camp in Alaska, and promising 10 become ouc of the most important on the The purpose oI the base map is to make possible an eXhaus- tive study of the occurrence of the l gold ores. D. c. WithersDoon will undertaken he making of the base 1 map. which will be on a scale of ! 9 inches to the mile.
 A detailed survey of the EoJsina I area was undertaken ! in 1912. but unfortunately, the de 1 lay in the appropriation during the 1 last two years has prevented it's | completion. It is planned that F. H. | AIofrit and J. B. 1lertia now com | Dlete this work. B. l.. Johnson, | with one assistant, will undertake the detailed geologic survey of the Port Valdez gold and copper dis .rict. The base map necessary for .his work was cOmDIetei in 1913.