...leaders of these corps have tolerated geology rather as a hinderance than a benefit. In consequence, such subsidiary geological work amounts to little...hardly more than placed the Federal work on a par with that prosecuted by several of the wealthier States. During the years when the Federal geologists were...

...Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, therefore, mark*, in the history of national geological work, a tinning point, when the science ceased to be dragged in the...hardly more than placed the Federal work on a par with that prosecuted by several of the wealthier States. During the years when the Federal geologists were...

...total of their contributions to geography and geology was large indeed. In the words of Clarence King,6 "Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, therefore, marks,...position in the professional work of the country." Together these four expeditions covered half a million square miles, or more than a third of the area...

...total of their contributions to geography and geology was large indeed. In the words of Clarence King,8 "Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, therefore, marks,...position in the professional work of the country. ' ' Together these four expeditions covered half a million square miles, or more than a third of the...

...exploration of the West under the sponsorship of Congress. As Clarence King later put it, Eighteen sixty-seven, therefore, marks, In the history of national...position in the professional work of the country. In the Deficiency Appropriations bill approved the same day, Congress authorized "the unexpended balance...

...how that wealth might be developed as quickly as possible. "Eighteen hundred and sixty-seven . . . marks, in the history of national geological work,...commanding position in the professional work of the country."n So declared Clarence King in the first annual report of the US Geological Survey. The date...

...US Geological Survey (USGS), was the geologist in charge. He recognized a turning point for geology "when the science ceased to be dragged in the dust...commanding position in the professional work of the country."3 King's survey was undertaken "to examine and describe the geological structure, geographical...

...researches of a corps of competent professional assistants. At the same session of Congress, Dr. Ilayden's " Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories...hardly more than placed the Federal work on a par with that prosecuted by several of the wealthier States. During the years when the Federal geologists were...