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Show U. S. SURVEY WORK IN SALT LAKE EXTENDED ssasaasBBsaaaassBS X Section Is Established for Distribution of Geological Geologi-cal Publications Annosnrement Is made fcy Victor O. Heikee that the Usited States seologtcal survey has established a eectlon of distribution for pub-(ration pub-(ration In connection with Its offlcee ef mineral and waler resources in the federal bu Id Inc. Thw branch offices of the snrvey have bo imalntalnrd1 hre. for many years peat. bat It waa orver found feasible to keep a supply of pablk-atlona for distribution. At the pr .tent tlmo there la only a llmlterl number of publication remaining la stock at Washing-ton for free distribution, and of thee thm goloRlcal survey haa furnished ths Salt tk office with a fair supply cot- , sring subjerts In the Rocky Mountain res ion. Thr fre distribution of publications Is also ' made at ths Denver and 8aa Francisco office of-fice These off Ices are maintained with ths dual purpose of colectins statistics and other Information In-formation pertaining to water and mineral resource The mine production of gold, silver, copper, lead and sine Is collected In the Weat by the mineral resources branch with greater expediency and accuracy thaa Is possible from Washington ; hence survey (affirmation Is mora readily and quickly available to the mining Intereata of these communities. This branch ef the division Is responsible "esfej for keeping the public Informed as to the tats of the mineral Industries and the rate of production of mineral commodttlea in the Vol ted States. Geologist who have apeclal-led apeclal-led in tt,e different lines of economic geology, geol-ogy, and most of whom are members of the division of geolory as well as the division of mineral resources, prepare the reports oa their particular subjects printed In ths annual an-nual volumes of "Mlneval Resources" and Such additional statements and reports on the mineral output of states and districts and on the grades, distribution, prlcea mar-, mar-, ken. etc., as may be needed by different branches of the government. For certain minerals concern. nr wblch It Is Important that the public should be frequently Informed, In-formed, reports are prepared and Issued qusrterly. monthly, or even weekly. The work of this division also Includes the compilation com-pilation and preparation for publication of Information concerning the distribution of foreign mineral deposits, their geology, quality, qual-ity, reserves, state f development, output and trade distribution. The water resources branch carries en field Investigations, and at selected place known as gating station the volume of water carried by the streams Is measured and records of stage and other data are collected from which the daily flow of the streams Is computed. Data collected from the district offices are transmitted to Washington, Wash-ington, where they are revlewod In the computing section and prepared for publication. publi-cation. By this review the records obtained ob-tained In different parts of the country are brr.ucht U a uniform standard, and stand ardliatton le further effected through as nual conference of the engineer fir convenience and uniformity In pub-' Ilea lion, the United States has been divided Into twelve primary drainage basins, and j the results of stream measurements are pub-I llihed annually In a aeries of progress re. i ports that correspond to these twelve divisions |