(Continued from ¥asra One*
eastern Alaska; general investi
gations in the vicinity of Glacier
Bay; topographic mapping in the
Klutina Lake region of the Cop
per River Basin; geologic inves
tigations in the headwater por
tions of the Copper River Valley;
general studies in the western
part of the tract between the Yu
kon and Tanana Rivers; geologic
and topographic exploration and
reconnaissance survey of the Tik
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tol Bay; and general field studies
of mineral resources.
The work in the Wrangell dis
trict will be a continuation of
that undertaken as an outcome of
the two aerial photographic ex
peditions of the Navy Depart
ment in 1926 and 1929, whereby
photographs of practically the
entire panhandle of Southeastern
Alaska were made.
The general program for this
major project requires as a first
step working up the photographs
in the office so as to prepare
drainage maps of the country.
These drainage maps are then
used in the field by a typographer
as a base on which to show the
height of the hills, valleys, and
other natural features, so as to
produce a complete topographic
map. The field work on this pro
ject this season will be done in
the vicinity of Wrangell and will
carry northward the topographic
surveys that were completed in
the neighborhood of Ketchikan
and Cleveland Peninsula in 1930.
Ths work will be done by R. H.
Sargent, assisted by V. S. Seward,
and it is expected that the party
will map an area of a thousand
square miles on a scale of about
four miles to the inch.
Detailed plans for the mining
investigations i n Southeastern
Alaska have not yet been com
pleted or fully formulated, but
will correspond in geenral char
acter with those that have been
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| made in that region, especially
| covering recent mining develop
ments in the Juneau and near
by areas. This work will be car
ried on by B. D. Stewart from
;his Juneau headquarters,
i The work in the Glacier Bay re
gion has been planned to bring
to completion a project which
was started some time ago but
had been laid aside and will be
directed toward furnishing infor
mation regarding the general geo
logy and mineral resources of
this region. The party incidentally
should obtain much information
regarding advances and retreats
of the glaciers of the region that
will be of considerable scientific
i importance. Through cooperation
with the Bureau of Mines it is
planned that C. W. Wright, who
is now a member of that Bureau
but started this work as a mem
ber of the Geological Survey,
shall have the principal direction
of this project.
In the Klutina Lake country,
which lies south of Copper Cen
ter and west of the government
road—the Richardson Highway,
which runs from Valdez into the j
interior of Alaska—is a tract of j
several thousand square miles
much of which lies in rugged
mountainous country. In this dis
trict a topographic party in j
charge of C. F. Fuechsel will con- i
duct reconnaissance topographic j
surveys during the summer of j
1931 as a basis for mineral inves- |
tigations to be carried on there !
when a map is available.
In the northern part of the i
Copper River Basin, including I
part of the high mountains of1
the Alaska Range and extending!
northward so as to include por- j
tions of the valleys of streams |
tributary to the Tanana River,
is a large tract of country whose j
general geological features and
mineral possibilities are but lit- j
te known. ;
Fred H. Moffitt will conduct,
geological investigations in this;
region during the coming field j
season. This work will be a con
tinuation of work started in 1929j
by Mr. Moffitt but temporarily j
discontinued in 1930 because of I
pressure of other duties. The re- j
| gion is of special economic inter- I
est because valuable mineral de- i
| posits are already known in near- !
j by areas.
Ever since the earliest investiga- i
tions of Alaska’s mineral resources j
Geological Survey parties have
traversed parts of the great belt
of country lying between the Yu
kon and Tanana Rivers. The di
verse reports from these various
parties, working under different
conditions and with different
points of view, have furnished a
large volume of technical data
that requires coordination and re
conciliation to current knowledge.
For several years the task of thus
coordinating all observations in
this region has been in progress
by J. B. Mertie, Jr., and that task
is now approaching completion,
but before it is finished certain
special problems requite further
field consideration, and in order
to get the needed supplementary
data Mr. Mertie will visit as much
of the western part of this region
as is practicable during the sea
son.
The mapping project in the
Tikchik region is a continuation
of work started in the same re- 1
gion in 1930, where the Wood Riv- I
er and Lakes and the southern '
part of Nushagak River Valle:
were mapped. The current sea
son’s work will be directed toward
covering the northern part of
Nushagak Valley and the Tik
chik Lakes and surrounding coun
try. It is proposed that this year,
in addition to topographical mapp
ing, the party will also carry on
mineral investigations and gener
al geological work. General direc
tion of the field work on this pro
ject will be in charge of Gerald
FitzGerald, with Perry A. Davis
on as geologist.
That part of the work connected
with mineral-leasing activities in
Alaska which is assigned to the
Geological Survey and supported
by a separate appropriation cen
ters largely around coal leases in
die fields adjacent to the Alas**!
Railroad. It will be continued
(along lines essentially similar to
( those that have been followed for
the past few years and will be
performed by B. D. Stewart and J.
J. Corey.
The chief Alaskan geologist,
Philip S. Smith, will spend as
much of the open season as prac
ticable in the field in Alaska,
with the object of obtaining in
formation about recent mining
developments throughout the Ter
ritory, for the purpose of prepar
ing the Geological Survey’s an
nual report on the mineral indus
try of Alaska for the current year.
He will visit such of the above
mentioned parties as can be
readily reached and will examine j
the larger mining camps and !
such of the smaller ones as have I
not been recently visited by Ge-1
ological Survey parties, so far as
time and other conditions permit.
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