Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-08 | Page 4 | Million Acres in Utah Survey

MILLION ACRES IN UTAH SURVEY Federal Parties Have Big Job on Hand for This Season SALT LAKE, July 8 Approximately Approximate-ly 1.000 000 acres will be surveyed this sc-con In Utah b the members of the field force of the United 8tates Biirveyor general's office, according to tho statement contained In tho ?innual report of tho fiscal year ending luno SO submitted jestorday bv E. D. Sor-enson, Sor-enson, surveyor general, to Washing ton. From present Indications the work to bo accomplished this season win exceed that of any other vear In tho history of the office and of un. other sta to this year At the present time tho office force numbers thirteen, and tho field force is male up ol about 100 men, composed com-posed of Cadastral engineers, surveyors, survey-ors, transit men and assistants. They are divided Into ten parties and It Ik anticipated that they win aurvejr about 1 000,000 acres this season, which will he the lareest a reaoe ever HUrveved In one season. The maj. r ptt of the work Is being done In Uintah Orand, San Juan, Emery, Garfield. Bprvoj and Wayne COUntles, Utah has a tutal acreage of 5-t,-393, (i00 acres, of v hlch amount 86,-904,079 86,-904,079 havo been surveved. if this amount 118,725 ocros were surveyed during the past year, according to the report. For the survey of the public lands within the state of L tah congress makefl an annual fl pproprln t ion of 60,000 and. In addition to this amount, the state of Utah h;n authorized auth-orized a revolving fund of J, ',0,000 for surveys, making a total cf $100,000 for this seasons work It Is anticipated antici-pated by the state thnt a refund of that appropriation will be mado by congress In time tp again use this fund for the year 1924 In order thot Ihe public lands applied for by It may be Murvcyed (Tithln a reasonable time.