| Show ENGINEER EXPLAINS 1 U S G SURVEY IN SAN JUAN JOAN CO As many know there are several parties of held field men out in tho the county count and ba hace been here for sixty days or inore known as the US geological sur sir vey men coset boget some definite statement of the facts regarding the work being lone done tills paper asked the engineer in charge to prepare a ab ef outline of what Is being done and its value to the citizens the following is the story as given by T IV V kanta banta tile the man who Is directing the seven engineers all and seven local men now working the united states geological survey has had oliree parties in the san juan area since the latter part of ap ril under the direction or of T N W kanta banta two of the parties ire are engaged in effecting a system of vertical control ly by running interlocking an and d closed circuits of levels the bequir ments as to closure are very strict and as a result the bench marks established are of greali value to the var lous other governmental eions and especially espe dally to those interested in the construction of highways reservoirs and water supply systems for instance the bureau of roods roads Is using these bench marks anti and those established by the const coast and geodetic survey in their work the tha third party has as its objective the establishment ot of a network of triangulation stations by which horizontal control is accurately et ef bectel these stations are not only valuable to the organization mentioned above but also to the general land office and to all individuals interested te in the location caVon lo development and exploitation of natural nal tural resources such as oil coal minerals and the for ests and grazing lands the data gathered by these three parties are ot of great value to eng in aers but ft Is of greater use to the general ie public as a basis basas for the control of topographic maps the area under investigation hy by the parties Is known its as the elk ridge quadrangle comprising an area of approximately ely 1000 sails square re miles some day in the near future the work will be completed and the finisher finished maps will lie made available to the public the uses of the topographic maps tire lre rather nume numerous rolis ard and some of the specific uses are oven helow below I 1 natural resources blise map tor for the geologic atlas of ithe united states mates special geologic problems ec gnomic ground water etc determination of tile the mineral and water reso resources classification of the public lands soil sur surveys veis forest investigations 2 federal Fei leral administration of at al arks natto nol forests national monuments indian military and fame ame reservations posital and rural delivery service census service transportation services aerial tion education state administration bv br state engineers fate 1 ate state forest ers fhate diate hashway commissioners in the lompon lotTi tion of state find and county boundary lines in the conservation of state resources in le legislation involving chargers chari ch adlers ers rights etc of stats state colleges Col lepes 4 military ss ns a tasa for military nry maps in the national defense for nia beuvers by the arav awl arut national guard in the selection ot of routes of arnvel and 5 engineering in raier railroad oad hish hiell way location projects tor for power arri ration gation drainage drai naye re sevoir and power sites and canal lines marks anil and points tor for further larce scale surveys riv river erand and harbor imi movements C of water supply flood control als dosal establishment of local hench bench anaa maa maas Us s and train translation extension ot of city limits clui lizec in property lines subdivision of mud 7 1 bation A lon in udy of serial aerial routes landing land ta fi effis etc data for preparation of fildie maps 8 in tc hina faeo gang raphy and as a liase base for miscellaneous educational studies n q travel as guide ilde mops the work done under mr Han vantas tiia dirve direction tion and the work which may lie be done latr benefito bene berie fiti fita the communities in isan juan county by advertising the country and its economic pos possibly sibil atles to khe people of ells prea tind at tle the present time hy by givins giving employment to seven local men |
