TOPOGRAPHIC WORK OF THE U. S. GEO- 

 LOGICAL SURVEY IN 1902 



In Washington, Oregon, and California 



WASHINGTON.— Topo- 

 graphic work will be com- 

 menced under the general 

 direction of Mr Richard U. Goode, geog- 

 rapher, in two general localities in the 

 State of Washington. Two parties will 

 operate in the eastern part of the state 

 and three parties in western Washing- 

 ton, in the forested regions of the Cas- 

 cades. 



One of the eastern parties will be 

 under Mr L. C. Fletcher, with Messrs 

 J. G. Hefty and J. B. Bond as assistants, 

 and will outfit at Republic. The work 

 will be an extension westward of that 

 commenced during the past season in 

 the vicinity of Republic, the area to be 

 surveyed extending along the interna- 

 tional boundary for about thirty miles 

 and including the valley of the Oka- 

 nogan River and the region adjacent to 

 Osoyoos Lake. 



The second eastern party will be under 

 Mr George T. Hawkins, and will outfit 

 at Spokane. The work assigned to this 

 party is the extension of the existing 

 triangulation in the vicinity of Spokane 

 southward through Whitman, Garfield, 

 and Asofin Counties. This triangula- 

 tion will be followed as soon as may be 

 practicable by a detailed topographic 

 survey, and the resulting maps will in 

 turn form a basis for the investigation 

 of the important economic problems in 

 this region. If practicable this trian- 

 gulation will be connected during the 

 present field season with that brought 

 northward from the vicinity of the Baker 

 City region by another party, thus mak- 

 ing a connection between the astronomic 

 positions determined at Spokane and 

 Baker City. 



The western sections will be covered 

 by parties operating in three districts, 

 that in the northwest district being 

 under the charge of Mr R. A. Farmer. 

 The party will outfit at Wenatchee. 

 The area selected to be surveyed will be 

 that known as the Stehekin quadrangle, 

 in the Washington Forest Reserve, and 

 will include the upper portion of Take 

 Chelan and a portion of the crest line of 

 the Cascade range. 



In this general locality will also be a 

 part}- under Mr E. M. Fry, whose 

 duties will be to determine by spirit- 

 leveling elevations above sea - level of 

 various points in the Cascade Mountains 

 along the Skagitt and Nethow Rivers 

 and in the mountains between Republic 

 and the Colville River. 



The party in the central district of 

 the western section will be under the 

 charge of Mr A. E. Murlin, and will 

 survey the Sk}'komish quadrangle, 

 which includes an area of about 800 

 square miles north and south of the 

 Great Northern Railroad, in the vicinity 

 of Skykomish, within which are manj' 

 mines and much valuable timber. A 

 portion of this quadrangle is within the 

 Washington Forest Reserve. Mr Mur- 

 lin will have for his principal assistants 

 Messrs W. C. Guerin and C. W. Sutton. 



Mr A. H. Sylvester will have charge 

 of the third party in the western sec- 

 tion, or that operating in the southern 

 district, and will outfit at North Ya- 

 kima, the work being a continuation of 

 that done during the preceding field 

 season upon the Mt. Aix quadrangle. 

 The greater portion of this quadrangle 

 is in the Mt. Rainier Forest Reserve. 

 It includes a number of passes along 



