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\Cloudy Weak‘. -Prevents TAerial Piet3With the continued spell ofweather, theAerial Survey work has beenheld up, to the extent at l^afctthat the few hour; of mappingleft to do has not been dbne.Weather prognostications thela;t day or so are that fairweather is to be expected overlt;111]the week end and it is now be-‘lieved that t.he vork can becomplete I early next week andthe barge sent on to Juneau.The Forestry Service is desirous of obtainingcertain area:, in this vicinity1(and Assistant District Forester B. F. H; in^zelmsn arrivedo nJuneau last week to makeflights to personally inspectsome of these art as. The cloudyw, ather, however, has made itimpossible to carry on t ess- observations. Two of t' e planesmade short flivhts Thursdayduring which, a manhole plateon the Petersburg, piloted byLieutenant Whitehead, workedloose ahd got affectionate withthr propeMer, Tne plane washauled on board the Gannettfor repairs on its return.offit to the Service andthe finances for the expeditionthis year are said to hava beenlargely obtained by that depart-m:nt with smaller amounts contributed by the other branchesof the government service in-insteadan equal divi ion of the cbstsas was the case in the 1926expedition. No mapping has bee ndon • on the mainland of Itne Panhandle by either expedition and it is desired that1some reconnaisance work b-done on t'ne mainland in thisdistinct Because this countryis so difficult to traverse, 1 ttleauthjritative informal ion . x-j-tu as to its contour and re-♦sources. A survey o.' tne country back cf Thomas Bay andthe Devil's Thumb would be ofmuch value to prosp ctors wh)have been hel l La k by lack ofknowledge concerning the district. With the discoveries inWindduring the last year addingcolor to the belief that the Hy-der mineral district really extends through to the Atlindistrict, prospectors may be inspired to investigate the miner-sources of the mainlandthis neignborhoocl if they getany help in the way informat-will haveto overcome m the way al obstacles.
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Petersburg Press
Petersburg, Alaska, US
Fri, Jun 14, 1929
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