The frontiersman., 1952-06-26
Valley FEonfiersman
Geological Surveys 1852 Program For Alaska

A comprehensive Alaska pro- gram for 1852 has been planned by the Geological Survey, accord ing to information made avail able to Delegate E. L. Bartlett last week by Dr. John C. Reed, Staff Coordinator for Territorial and Foreign Functions of the Sur vey.
 The field work in the Territory, which will be carried out by the Conservation, Geologic, Topogra- phic and Water Resources Divi- sions of the Survey, includes:
 Operation of Regional Mining Office at Anchorage to supervise mining operations on public lands in anticipation of greatly increas- ed coal development; continued collection of information for the classification of coal lands in the area north and east of the Homer coal field on the Kenai Peninsula; dam site surveys at Lake Dorothy, Turner Lake and Carlson Creek, all near Juneau, and at Sweet heart Lake near Port Snettisham if time permits; survey" of two possible dam sites on the Kenai River and survey of a dam site on the Kasilof River at or near the highway bridge near Kasilof;
 Possible inauguration of work to obtain necessary additional in formation for the preparation of a standard river survey map of the Kenai River from Moose River to the outlet of Skilak Lake and from the upper end of Skilak Lake to Kenai Lake;
 Coal investigations on the north side of the Alaska Range between Savage River and the Richardson Highway, in an area extending along the north side of the Little Susitna River at the foot of the Talkeetna Mountains, on the Gulf of Alaska in the Litu- va Bay and Yakataga district areas, and in the so-called Cook Inlet Jurassic petroliferous area; petroleum investigations in con- nection with the Navy Depart ment's exploration program in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4; investigations for radioactive minerals in various parts of the Territory with a small radioactiv- ity testing laboratory to be oper- ated on the University of Alaska campus where prospectors may have samples tested for radio activity free of charge;
 Investigations of mineral de- posits in various places in the Territory, including the area be- tween Lituya Bay and Lynn Can al, in the Tuxedni Bay-Mount Iliamna area, in the Prince Will liam Sound region and continued tin investigations in the Seward Peninsula; construction material studies in the Alaska Railroad re- zion and areas of the principal highways; defense mineral stud ies with continued examination of selected sites of tungsten min teralization in the Fairbanks dis 'trict.
 Geophysical investigations in cluding permafrost studies in Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, volcanic studies on Great Sitkin and Adak Islands and other pro- jects in the Yukon, Panama and Copper River basins, military geologic mapping for the Office of the Chief of Engineers by four field parties near the margins of the Copper River basin with a fifth party conducting investiga- tions in the Kobuk River drain age; continued geologic mapping and geophysical studies at select ed volcanos in the Aleutians; to- pographic mapping work on about 50 quadrangles in the Fair banks-Livengood- Circle area with possible surveys on about 35 quadrangls in the Circle-Big Delta-Tanacross area;
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