The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-22

investigations in southeastern AL aska have net yet been completely formulated, but they will corre- spond in general character with those that have been made in that region in the past They will in the main be concentrated in the northern part of the region, es- pecially covering recent mining de- velopments in the Juneau and nearby areas This work will be carried on by B. D. Stewart from his local headquarters at Juneau.
 The work in the Glacier Bay re- zion has been planned to bring started some time ago but had to completion project which was been laid aside and will be directed toward furnishing information re- garding the general geology and mineral resources of this region. The party incidentally should ob- tain much information regarding advances and retreats of the gla- ciers of the region that will be of considerable scientific importance. Through cooperation with the Bu- reau of Mines it is planned that C. w. Wright, who is now a mem Der Of the Geological Survey, shall have the principal direction of this project.
 In the Klutina Lake country, which lies south of Copper Center and west of the Government road the Richardson Highway, which runs from Valdez into the interior of Alaska-is a tract of several thousand square miles much ol which lies in rugged mountainous country. In this district topo- graphic party in charge of c. F. Fuechsel will conduct reconnais- sance topographic surveys during the summer or 1881 as a basis for mineral investigations to be car- ried on there when map is avail able.
 Moffit To New Area
 In the porthern part Of Copper River Basin, including part of the high mountains of the Alaska Range and extending northward so as to include portions of the valleys of streams tributary to the Panama River, is a large tract of country whose general geologic features and mineral poss4o4iities are but little known. Fred H. Moffit will con- duct geologic investigations in this region during the coming field season. This work will be con- tinuation of work started in 1929 by MT. Moffit but temporarily dis continued in 1880 because of pres sure of other duties. The region is of special economic interest be- cause valuable mineral deposits are already known in nearby areas.
 Ever since the earliest investiga- tions of Alaska's mineral resources Geological Survey parties have traversed parts of the great belt of country lying between the Yu- kon and Tanana Rivers. The di- verse reports from these various parties, working under different conditions and will different points of view, have furnished a large volume of technical data that re- quires coordination and reconcilia- tion to current knowledge. For several years the task of thus CO., ordinating all the observations in this region has been in progress by J. B. Mertie, jr., and that task is now approaching completion, but before it is finished certain special problems require further field con- sideration, and in order to get the needed supplementary data MT Mertie will visit as much of the western part of this region as is practicable during the season.
 Southwest Mapping Project
 The mapping project in the Tik- chik region is continuation of work started in the same general region in 1880. where the, Wood River and lakes and the southern