The Nenana news., 1921-09-29
WORK OF PARK SURVEYORS
 IS ENDED FOR THE SEASON

With the coming of winter a mere matter of days, and the sailing of the last boat of the season, the work of surveying and marking the bound aries of the Mount Mckinley Nation s. Cadastral Engineer Woodbury Abbey, has been brought to close for the season. From the time the survey party took the field to the day of closing the work, S7 miles of boundary line were established and marked. wagon road from Healy to the base camp at Pinto Creek, distance of approximately 20 miles, was established, as well as several pack trails as nearly parallel to the line of survey as possible. and q lot of reconnaissance work done for the purpose of shortening the distances to be traversed by the wagon and pack train in hauling supplies and equipment to the dis tant temporary survey camps.
 Five members of the party left yesterday morning on the steamer Alaska, enroute to the States Wood bury Abbey, Hank A. keil, Al Wig and. Bob Toussaint and Ed Garner will leave shortly for Wasilla to survey several sections of land on which homesteads have been located in that region. .z~ ~.@ :..
 The work of surveying the bound aries of the Park was begun al the summit of a hill lying between the main Toklat River and Clearwater Creek From this point the line runs South degrees 20 minutes West, for a distance of l9 miles, to Boundary Creek; thence South 68 degrees West for a distance of 20 miles to the east bank of the Mckinley River, passing Wonder Lake approximately mile and a half at it's southern end. At this point the work was halted to enable the party to return to the point of beginning, on the hill between the Toklat and Clearwater
 From this point the line was car ried in an easterly direction for distance of 40 miles, to point on the 149th Meridian located on the high ridge approximately four and a half miles southwest of Healy, the northwest corner of the Park; thence following the Meridian in a
  eight miles, to a point within a few miles of the Government railroad crossing at Riley Greek, where the work for the season was brought to a close with the coming of cold weather. When the work of survey ing is resumed next season the East boundary, along the 149th Meridian, will be continued in southerly di-4 rection for distance of r miles and thence in westerly direction to Mt. Russell: and from the east bank of the Mckinley River the line will be run west for distance of 40 miles and thence south for : of 30 miles to Mt Russell.
 It is to be regretted that this inn. portant work was not taken in hand earlier in the season when necessary supplies and equipment could have been hauled and cached at con venient points along the survey line Owing to the very limited transpor- -ation facilities at the disposal of the chief of the party. coupled with the difficulty of getting over country devoid of trails, a few of the iron posts usually used for marking lim- it's of all Public Land Surveys, could not be hauled and set. Stone cairns having a five foot base and from -our t. hve high. were erected b mark the points wi ere the usual costs will be set later. A small pack rain served the needs Of the party n the field, handling al of the bag rage, camp equipment, supplies and 'eed for the horses from the main ,upply camp on Pinto Creek, estab- ished shortly after the arrival Of hn party a. Healy.
 ne hauling necessarily had to be ,ela yed, he r ,ck train travelling a lis .fuce O. over 1OG miles in land ng sIppli9s and feed to the camp rear Wonder Lake.