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Show stWofWSI Ecological Survey Beqi Work in the District,"' IMPORTANCE OF STUDIES J. M. Boutwell of the Surr,TS tho Camp to B-gin a " Economic InvestigatIon-Wl,, amine nnd Report Upon Both g face and Underground Condi,,, Dealing With Kinds of &,, H Their Occurrencv-K0vlM. 0 pttl vious Examination, and Studl. One of the best Indlcatloni ... xnliie of Ihe natural rerource, 0, ,v Is the Inrrenslng attention which iv nro rerelvlng from ihe national . cys. F 11 Newell, rhlcl ZZ 2 er of the United Slate. OeoIoJK . is here nnd has nttendei tLk rlgatlon work projerted for the Sl. m th. Na."'1 'nment hfS, Hon to the erforts being put ILv. behalf of the agricultural I "L15 sperlal attention Is given to thi ? mining rrrourtes of i'tah -" The Orologlcnl Survey jealerdi.i-gnu jealerdi.i-gnu a study ot Ihe meal i ',-'' (.eulogy of ne of I tab s greaS 2 Ing cimps-th" Park City ".ii?1' The growing Imiortance of iX l he mlnlns vvor ,1 Is shown by .v lowing brief sketch of Ihe .Zr oreratlons in this Stile ,m1' pitnvious worth- During the progress or the ami,, ologlc nnd economic survev of ivjE' known as the Portleth Parallel which was conducted unler UnTiii-? Hon of the Hie Clarence hlnS w ork was .lev oted to Utah I ,f , I minons studied and reported Si the Wasatch nnd the llni.hST tains the bisln nren to the Twit? the Oqulrrh and other deiert nif. And his retorts Btlll conatluit, best knowledge of the geoloiy of tw complicated and worll.famouao.im In connection with the Uh-eir in ve of the Terrllorles, conducted tu tin nusplces ot ihe United l nrmy. Prof. O K Ollhert carrier. valuable studies on the keneraT iiV' jure and topography or tu, Z RubseqticntI), after I rolonced anj L, accurate work by nu able onik proluccd his nnslerly trcatlaeuMnt History ot Utke Bonneville AtU. I erlods Prof Gilbert has conthuitU, studlen In Utah, and he la now it gaged In preparing for the prwi tt. tesults nbtilned here durlnr lastn, mera field season Pollowlnc thetn tori) sureys and preceding the (on ntlon of the present survey 4 vwlo, was prepared by MaJ Posell. a. subsequent!) became the auditor r the geological survey upon "Ar Lpnda" which Includel conjlteij, upon Utah MaJ Dulton made nm sve rcconnolssances and prepartdan-port prepartdan-port upon the High Platcius ot lm Ami Prof Gilbert prepared inoft-epoch inoft-epoch making report, this time umi the Henry mountains of Southeuttr Utah IN ntODUCING CAJirS. More recently much money, tlnwiU labor have been elevoted by the umi to the mining Industr) of UUhipn-diiclng UUhipn-diiclng rumps Thlsiwork hti in conducted upon the recommendiur nnd under the supervision or Prof. I r Emmons geologist In charite of thi Division of Metalliferous Dtpoilii United Stiles Geological Survey Thn the llntlo won reported upon ti Mesrrs O V Tower and OeorteOu Smith 1 hen Prof. Urnmons and 1 1. Rpurr studied Mercur and prepared 1 report on that district While tn summers ngo the developing reiotiri of eniprr Jn the lllngham district at Itaetrd tho surveys attention Prct I'mmnna nnd J. M. Iloutsell then began be-gan the field nnd underground art In that district and were Joined hie b) A Keith Work then vvaa emu-ued emu-ued during a portion or last lumo!: by Iloutwell He stoles Inst the prtj-nrntlon prtj-nrntlon of his report progressed aiC during tho past tvvo winter and tit. I" Is now Hearing completion The Increasing prominence .of tie nnturnl resources of Utah ind u nble endeavors of Utahs north!" u! enerectlc representaives ia Correa have resulted In a large IncrfiM K work by the United Slates Geoloiltil Survej In Utah for the present w-flon. w-flon. namely, the Irrigation aorl planned by Prof Newell, the foreitrj nurvcy In the Ulntaha by Men Plumtner nniT Qulnn. under the Jlae Hon of Henry Gannett, chief of dtr Ion of forestry, tho glacial atuJItis be conducted under the direction t Prof T. C Chnmberlaln andlhfe ologlo mid cconomlo study of the Fit City district. SYSTEM Or STUDY. The survey of this great allvertw will rot be ns simple as some mi Imagine It seems tha't the)temi-Ployed the)temi-Ployed by the mining geologist! 0! u survey nnd ilev elope 1 by loni ? rlenco lnrludes several steps A to careful and detailed examination clui surTaro geology Is first made aaiwe ttsary preliminary to a proper unltj Hlntnllnrj of the ore bodies A '' drawn up from the Information IM gnliieil which Indicates with nuto accuiacy not only the kinds or rx nnd where they occur, but aim W' they occur, that Is their ftnrti llio undei ground work Is than uw up with n view to determlnlrf structure of Ihe country rock, wn occurrence and origin of the oreWi It la found that such studies condawl upon a Bystematlc basis In a connma manner throughout a mlnltif " ran ly, If ever, fall to bring oat w turcs of high Importance to sum men Accordingly this syatera ;ui used In the slinlv of the VK lw dlstrlit, , j ljion the recommendation of rr rmiiinns, and under the direction; Mr. DmiRlns n special tor? map of the Pnrk City area "? upon an enlarged scale last suijtm b) V Chapman J. I IrlM"S Iloutwell have been selected w J" nieil nnd economic work "Li well Is now nt the Park 1?Mlr, b Jnlnel later by Mr lug Professor rmmona is lursull of his studies as In charge or Ihe Division ol JI'" ernus Doposlls visits Mch TC party enkiiged In mining wotk course of liln annual tour of iw" tloii It Is understood that he ". lo Pnrk City tn Inspect and to t teconinienilnllonn regarding '"Vjt uulloii of tho Imforiant orw'-great orw'-great mining district. |