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  Intelligence. 
  

  

  tions 
  in 
  the 
  Boulder 
  quadrangle, 
  the 
  Helena 
  quadrangle, 
  and 
  a 
  

   reconnaissance 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  Big 
  Hole 
  Basin, 
  Gibbonsville, 
  Idaho. 
  

  

  The 
  Hague 
  party 
  continued 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Park 
  

   monograph 
  ; 
  the 
  Lindgren 
  party 
  on 
  the 
  Hailey, 
  Boise, 
  and 
  Snake 
  

   River 
  regions 
  of 
  Idaho, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Justice, 
  Mr. 
  Lindgren 
  made 
  a 
  ' 
  detailed 
  examination 
  of 
  Oracle 
  

   region, 
  in 
  Pinal 
  quadrangle, 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  The 
  Pacific 
  region 
  was 
  explored 
  by 
  the 
  Branner 
  party 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Palo 
  Alto, 
  California 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  Becker 
  in 
  the 
  Mother 
  

   Lode 
  of 
  California, 
  until 
  his 
  work 
  was 
  interrupted 
  by 
  being 
  called 
  

   to 
  special 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  Lawson 
  was 
  engaged 
  on 
  the 
  

   Mount 
  Diablo 
  quadrangle 
  ; 
  Turner 
  on 
  surveys 
  in 
  the 
  Sierra 
  

   Nevada 
  regions 
  of 
  Yosemite 
  and 
  Mount 
  Dana 
  quadrangles. 
  

   Diller 
  in 
  the 
  Bohemia 
  mining 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  River 
  and 
  Coos 
  

   Bay 
  coal-fields, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  Port 
  Orford 
  quadrangle. 
  Smith 
  

   in 
  the 
  Mount 
  Stuart 
  quadrangle, 
  Kittitas 
  County, 
  Washington 
  ; 
  

   Russell 
  made 
  a 
  geologic 
  reconnaissance 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  Cascade 
  

   Range, 
  Washington. 
  

  

  Special 
  investigations 
  were 
  continued 
  in 
  the 
  glaciated 
  regions 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  by 
  the 
  Chamberlin 
  party, 
  and 
  progress 
  made 
  

   in 
  that 
  field. 
  

  

  Two 
  parties 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Alaska 
  region 
  ; 
  one 
  starting 
  from 
  

   Chilkat 
  Inlet, 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  St. 
  Elias 
  Range 
  to 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  White 
  River. 
  The 
  second 
  party 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  

   proceeding 
  northward 
  toward 
  the 
  Koyukuk 
  River. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  George 
  F. 
  Becker 
  was 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  War 
  Department 
  to 
  

   investigate 
  aud 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  mineral 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

   To 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Hill 
  was 
  sent 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  inves- 
  

   tigating 
  the 
  physiographic 
  and 
  geologic 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bailey 
  Willis, 
  as 
  assistant 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  in 
  Geology, 
  

   made 
  a 
  flying 
  trip 
  through 
  the 
  Western 
  States, 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   conferring 
  with 
  geologists 
  and 
  preparing 
  plans 
  for 
  future 
  geologic 
  

   work. 
  He 
  visited 
  western 
  Montana, 
  Washington, 
  and 
  California, 
  

   touching 
  upon 
  the 
  fields 
  under 
  exploration 
  by 
  various 
  parties 
  of 
  

   the 
  Survey. 
  

  

  The 
  Director, 
  during 
  the 
  field 
  season, 
  visited 
  the 
  Teton 
  Forest 
  

   Reserve 
  in 
  Wyoming, 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  geologic 
  reconnaissance 
  of 
  the 
  

   Belt 
  Mountain 
  area 
  east 
  of 
  Helena, 
  Montana. 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  

   investigation 
  of 
  the 
  regions 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  was 
  a 
  

   recommendation 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  to 
  annex 
  that 
  region 
  as 
  a 
  

   public 
  park, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  game 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   season, 
  and 
  also 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  grandeur 
  and 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  natural- 
  

   scenery 
  in 
  Teton 
  Reserve. 
  

  

  The 
  Division 
  of 
  Paleontology 
  also 
  covered 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  of 
  

   work: 
  Mr. 
  Girty 
  working 
  on 
  the 
  Carboniferous 
  collections 
  from 
  

   various 
  localities 
  ; 
  Williams 
  on 
  the 
  Devonian 
  and 
  Silurian 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  Maine, 
  Arkansas, 
  and 
  southern 
  Appalachians 
  ; 
  Stanton 
  

   on 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  of 
  Texas 
  and 
  Kansas 
  ; 
  Ward 
  on 
  the 
  fossil 
  

   plants 
  of 
  the 
  Cretaceous; 
  Knowlton 
  on 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  plants 
  of 
  

   Washington 
  and 
  other 
  localities 
  ; 
  Dall 
  on 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  faunas 
  of 
  

  

  