Show UNITED STATES sun SUR i VEY WE wn had an interesting yesterday with professor Ha harolen vilen volen the chief of the united states geological surveying expedition for the te territories ri who called upon us in company with john W young esq prof hayden recently arrived in the city from his field of operations in wyoming an appropriation has been made by congress each year for the past four years commencing at f nive five ive lve thousand dollars in the first instance and increasing each year until at this last session a sum of twenty five thousand dollars was appropriated for continuing the geological survey of the territories of the united Stat esby ebby professor hayden under the direction of the secretary of the interior the professor has been engaged in this business for several ye arsand perseveringly ro hashe he pushed forward his hia labors that in one instance w ishin six months after his departure from washington 1000 copies of his reports were out in print and published to the world the avidity with which works upon the geology of the territories ri is sought for is something remarkable and must be especially gratifying to professor hayden and his assistants si As an evidence of the interest felt in this subject throughout the country wt may mention that a recent report which the fhe professor made and of which there were copies struck off at the government printing office at washington was so eagerly snapped up that shortly after publication he could not obtain a few copies of it which he wanted for hs own use his party this season has been a large one lie he has bad had twenty two men and a large number of animals wagons ac and has been accompanied by mr gif frd the eminent landscape pa inteman In teran d mr air Jack jaek jackson son sou of omaha photographer hi hia s labora have have havo beau iben in three beita belta fars from froh dhe cheyenne yenne jenne the party r C went we by way of fort emi fe elterman etterman the tiie tife south pass yana tana wind river eiver mountains thence to fort ridger bridger 13 giving the country which they passed over the necessary examination geologically second from fort bridger down henrys fork to groen green eliver alver exploring the north slope siope of the uintah mountains they returned to tai cheyenne by byway wax way of bridgets bridgers pass next they examined the belt on the road between cheyenne and this thia city only orlly stopping at the most important points the professor tested the soils of the various places over which be passed and he states that they c contain 0 elements of great fertility and only need irrigation to ma make ke them ava available lable labie for settlement this great fact which the settlers of utah be bean began an to practically demonstrate twenty three years ngo ago the professor now es establishes a concerning the forbidding looking regions over which he passed during some portion of his explorations scientifically professor hay hayden den writes his notes in the thafield nield field he expects to have hi report of this seasons operations in print by january 1871 and they will probably be ready for distribution by february next we have seen been a very elegant quarto volume tinted paper which the professor has published styled sun sun san pictures piet ures of rocky mountain scenery with a description of the and geological features and some ac hc count of the resources of the grat west the book contains thirty photographs 1 of s scenery several of them thena being views of this city and other othar points of interest in our vicinity it has been i purchased by john W young esq to I 1 1 add to the library of his museum i tm THE 91 luckiest man in new york i ast at this present time is said to be a mr theodore hellman a merchant whose whole five dollar ticket in the san francisco lottery scheme drew a prize of in gold the gentleman purchased the ticket it is sald said from a mr mendel who expressed himself glad to get back the five dollars which he had invested in purchasing it mr mendel is a well known member of the new now york gold room boom but says he be was waa never so near making a fortune b before e fo te aud and never expects to be again |