...10. 1879 (MZ). 23ft. LETTERS SENT BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1879-95. 29 rolls. 1,052 ft. (FM 152.) The United States Geological Survey was established...related subjects, and for local and regional history. 1. July 7, 1879-Dec. 31, 1880. 45 ft. 2. Jan. 3-Dec. 31, 1881. 48 ft. 3. Jan. 3-Dec. 30, 1882. 53 ft....

...office shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Later the law was extended to include the States, in addition to the national domain. Two years later...

...minerals and fuels. Congress, in 1879, established the US Geological Survey and charged it with "* * * examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Much progress has been made in the discharge of these basic responsibilities, and many authoritative...

...minerals and fuels. Congress, in 1879, established the US Geological Survey and charged it with "* * * examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and .products of the national domain." Much progress has been made in the discharge of these basic responsibilities, and many authoritative...

...officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.” Topographic mapping and chemical and physical researches were recognized as an essential part of the...

...officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Topographic mapping and chemical and physical researches were recognized as an essential part of the...

...Survey's Organic Act of 1879 (43 USC 31) provided for the classification of the public lands, and for the examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. As was pointed out in an earlier section of this report, the Survey has been charged with classification...

...Federal bureau, the US Geological Survey, to be responsible for "classification of the public lands, and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." In more general terms, the new agency was to have a share in the management of the public lands and...

...43 USC 31 (a) The Act of March 3, 1879, as amended, provides for the inventory, classification and examination of the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. 25 OSC 39€ The Act of March 3. 1909, as amended, provides that all lands allotted to Indiana may...

...1879 (20 Stat. 394)— Geological Survey Organic Act— USGS was established and authorized to study the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, and to classify the public lands. Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34)— National Forest System Organic Act...