Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-09 | Page 1 | Looking up Coal Fields

LOOKING UP COAL FIELDS I Geological lal Survey Suncy Sur c Will ill Ill I Anthracite Bodies In West e t Washington July 8 Plans S.-Plans Plans are aro be beIng beIng being be- be Ing IH perfected as rapidly rapid as possible for the coming seasons season's field work o othe of the geological survey The flie dela delay o of In iii passing the lie sundry civil cl appropriation bill has cut seriously into th the time that thal Is loft leCt This i ithe Is the latest start tart that thal has been Leen made modo by the held field party part In many years Cars Fifty geological experts will be ii In iii Inthe the Held field They will be Le divided into geologists proper and paleontologists who have havo to do more mOI with the scion scion- tide work of collecting fossil remains The other oilier members of the field force fore will have havo to do especially with economic econ econ- economic geology and amid a u part of their energy en en- ergy this year eal will b be devoted oled to lo coa coal and fuel investigation This will b ba bea be beer bea a er very Important part There ar arc great Ireat soft sort coal holds fields In the tho West Vest thai tha I have been hardly touched and anti theris there ther is nt at least one known deposit of oC anthracite anthracite an an- while of oC course cours there here ar arc nrc others that may possibly 1 be 0 disco ered The President has announced his hils belief that the lie government o should retain control of oC all the coal coni and amid oil lands still remaining in the national domain and It will be bo part purl of oC tho the worK orI of the sune survey field tics pat to determine deter detel mine accurately wh where re these deposits aro are and what is their value t r. r S