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This _Manual of Surveying Instruction represents the latest in series of official and binding survey instructions dating back to 1804, the most recent prior to this edition was issued in 1973. The dominant federal policy has shifted from one favoring disposal and settling of the reserved public lands to one favoring retention, administration, and control. This manual, related manual supplements and special instructions, and all former editions...

This supplement to the Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States has been in print since 1883. The purpose of the supplement is to provide an introduction to the rectangular system of public land surveying and resurveying and a compendium of basic laws relating to the system. The information is of interest to county and local surveyors in retracing the lines of the public land surveys. Attorneys, title insu...

The \\'incl River Basin, which occupies 8, 500 square miles in central , vyoming, is typical of the large sedimentary and structural basins that formecl in the Rocky Mountain region cluring Laramide cleformation. Broacl 'belts of folded and faulted Precambrian, Paleozoic, ancl Mesozoic rocks surround the basin, including the Wind River Range on the west, the Washakie Range and Owl Creek and southern Bighorn Mountains on the north, the Casper a...

There are thousands of old hard rock mines and prospects throughout Utah that produced some gold as byproducts of silver, lead, zinc, etc. Creeks and rivers near these mines always have potential to produce some gold for a placer miner, but many have little reported about them due to lack of any significant concentrations. A few areas that have documented placer workings are listed below. The general area southwest of Salt Lake City has fine g...

The National Park Service's official advice on preserving and restoring historic buildings.