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Show OOVESNMVNT KXPLOSAT'.ONS. We sod by ti e of a inre d. :e that Lieut. G. M. U'hoc'.cr is ergauvltrghis fxpeditiotiary corps aai w;U sva be ready to comm::ve h s exv.o .-.:. '".s '.a southern I" rah, Nevada and Ar:; 'ci. Aa appropriation of f ,vOX' has vcea made by Cotigress I.t sac pu-poso. The expoviitioa is to star: s--a:::v-ar,. from Elko, takicg in a be.: of o. .:.: ry three hundred miles wl.ic, ir.ciu . "g ' portioa ofsiutho.ro I :ah asi - vising vis-ing into Ari-icca, contiaui: ; -v.r-vey already made ia tke A r..:e i'.lo region by the same gest-cxaa.. xuere is probably ro port of ihv I n:;ci tfuitc which w;.I uru:s so :r:-tensting :r:-tensting and novo! resa.:i ia gev .ogy. mineralogy aad other acparruioats c: suenee, ia a thorough esp.era::. as the Great Basin; and thsro trr:ainl;.- is do part of it less knowa pracucy to tjoientists Compartiuvely kuii:-sd is has beea, up to the presca:. ;I;e general iniiiriaauoa obtained ro-:ifi to the minerals of this regtw, ttcaa: is known to decide tilt here the soienue geologist will find a new field of study, and one that may possibly ntatir.s ,y modify some esistitrg th:or:es. V bile .'he southern portion of this Territory, ml tic: ' i..:.. ' cTti..; L;:la with i'- . . j , : i-:. -. - . :, - .: i ' i - . : ...... a . . ... l : ......-!. . .. i . : ' L - .- . i . ' ' ! i :.:.- i t - |