SURVEYS COMPLETED. R. B. Burchfield, island in Ts. 37 S., R. 41 E. Appointed and accepted May 17, 1890. Fee, $40. Survey completed and notes filed July 12, 1890. Approved by Commissioner August 25, 1890. J. R. Moorhead, township line between Ts. 13 and 14 S., R. 20 E. Appointed and accepted April 14, 1891. Fee, $100. Survey completed and notes filed June 20, 1891. D. D. Rogers, survey of part of lot No. 3, sec. 29, T. 32 S., R. 40 E., for Life-Saving Service. Appointed and accepted May 25, 1891. Survey completed and notes filed June 17, 1891. MINERAL LANDS. The mineral lands of the State are being brought into notice by continual development of new finds of phosphate and kaolin, both being of high grade, and are attracting the attention of capitalists from abroad who have continually in the field experts who are pushing rapidly investigations which have instigated the organization of a number of strong companies for the purpose of utilizing the ore. The influx of capital to the State has made it necessary to prepare the way for the entering of lands under the mineral laws, and I have, for this purpose, appointed two deputy mineral surveyors, one located at Jacksonville and the other at Fort Myers, in the southern part of the State. There has, as yet, been no survey of mineral lands under the mining laws. A.-Contracts entered into by United States surveyor-general with deputies. An island in Lake No. 11, T. 8 S., Rs. 22 and 23 E A tract of land 600 ft. wide north and south, running $30.00 100.00 100.00 B.- Diagrams and transcripts made during fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. Military reservation of Fort Barrancas, Fla., showing location in connection with the official survey of township inclosing it Site marine hospital, 5 acres, located in lot No. 7, sec. 24, T. 29 S., R. 18 E., near Tampa, Diagram city of St. Augustine for land office at Gainesville, Fla 1 Plat of survey of line between Ts. 13 and 14, R. 20 E., for General Land Office, Washington, D. C. Plat of survey of Bethel Creek House of Refuge reservation in sec. 29, T. 32 S., R. 40 E Plat private claim T. 3 N., R. 28 E.. C.-Plats and descriptions of private claims. Meers' grant, Tiger islands, sec. 39, T. 3 N., R. 28 E.. The COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, JNO. C. SLOCUM, Surveyor-General. REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF IDAHO. UNITED STATES SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Boisé City, Idaho, July 20, 1891. SIR: I have the honor to submit in duplicate the annual report of this office relative to the surveying service, both in the field and in the office, together with the following tabular statements, which show fully the extent and scope of the service in this district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. A.-Statement showing contracts entered into under appropriation of August 30, 1890. (Regular apportionment.) B.-Statement showing contracts entered into under appropriation of August 30, 1890. (Additional apportionment.) C.-Statement of special deposits made by individuals for office-work on mining surveys. D.-Statement showing number of linear miles run during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. E.-Statement showing the amount of office-work performed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. F.-Statement showing name and address of deputy mineral surveyors on active duty in the field. G.-Statement showing the character and condition of surveying instruments belonging to the different deputies. AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS. Contract No. 123, dated June 9, 1890, with Oscar Sonnenkalb and Samuel G. Rhoades, embracing chiefly subdivisions in Little and Big Lost River valleys was completed in the field, the notes returned to this office, and the plats and transcripts almost worked up. Contract No. 124, dated June 10, 1890, with Samuel G. Rhoades and John A. Long, was also completed in the field, the notes returned to this office and partly examined. The latter embraces the resurvey of the first standard parallel south; also the northern tier of sections of township 7 south through 6 ranges. Exteriors and subdivisions of a portion of the Teton basin and 2 townships west of Little Camas prairie. Both contracts are payable from the regular appropriation. A. D. Robinson, United States deputy surveyor, made returns to this office of the field-notes of 8 factional townships, with neccessary exteriors, embracing in all 12 field-books. These surveys, which are a continuation of work begun last fall in Montana, were authorized by the honorable Secretary of the Interior, in order to ascertain the amount of timber depredation on even sections along the line of the Northern Pacific railroad. The deputy was instructed and personally supervised by G. V. N. Ogden, detailed clerk from the General Land Office, and later by J. M. Hailey, United States special agent. Transcripts of notes and triplicate plats of this return have been completed and are about ready for transmission. Three fractional townships, surveyed under sections 2401, 2402 and 2403, U. S. Revised Statutes, embracing small portions of land adjoining the Nez Percé Indian reservation, had been almost finished during the last fiscal year and have been transmitted in this year to the general and local land office. The survey was executed by Deputy Edson D. Briggs. The same deputy who has been for some time making surveys for Indian allotment, under the instructions of Miss Alice Fletcher, special agent of the Nez Percé Indians, sent to this office the field-notes of fractional T. 36 N., R. 4 W., with letter of February 26, 1891. The field-notes of fractional T. 37 N., R. 4 W., Ts. 31 and 32 N., R. 4 E., T. 31 N., R. 3 E., which had been sent to this office March 13, 1890, by this deputy, were returned to him May 6, 1890, for rewriting and correction. In the above-mentioned letter of February 26, 1891, the deputy says: "I rewrote the same and mailed them June 16, 1890. Special Agent Fletcher informs me that they have not reached the honorable Commissioner of the General Land Office yet. If they have never reached your office, please send me blank fieldnote paper, and I will rewrite them again and forward immediat ly." This office has never received the rewritten notes, nor even any mention of the same. T. 36 N., R. 4 W., has been reached but is yet unfinished. The following contracts were let under the regular apportionment of the appropriation of August 30, 1890. The following contracts were let under the additional apportionment of the same appropriation: Liability. Total...... 9,240 Complete diagram and special instructions, together with a transcript of the necessary field-notes, have been furnished to each deputy before going into the field. Contract No. 125, with George R. Trask, for the survey of T. 50 N., R. 3 W., adjoining the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation, also the "Winter Pasture," belonging to the Fort Sherman military post, was canceled by the Commissioner of the General Land Office per letter E, dated April 4, 1891, it being deemed that the deputy set forth good and sufficient reasons why said cancellation should be made. The work embraced in this contract was embodied in contract No. 130, with Oscar Sonnenkalb and John A. Long. A much needed index to all the field-notes of the agricultural surveys has been added to the inventory of this office. It is in the shape of a skeleton map of Idaho, showing all surveyed lines, on which are placed the volume numbers of field-notes. A glance will not only show the book required, but also the extent of the public surveys and the character of the lines. A great deal of labor has been expended on this work. MINING SURVEYS. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, this office issued 110 orders for mining surveys, accompanied by the same number of estimates, and 106 copies of location notices. Seventy-nine mining surveys were approved, among which are 61 single locations; 8 with mill-sites; 2 consolidated, with 2 locations; 4 consolidated, with 3 locations; 2 consolidated, with 2 locations and mill-site; 1 consolidated, with 4 locations and mill-site, and 1 consolidated, with 6 locations and mill-site, embracing a total of 111 locations on 348 mining plats, and 79 transcripts of field-notes. Two amended surveys were made under instructions from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. The deposits by individuals for office work and stationery on mining claims amounted to $3,850. A manual of instructions to United States deputy mineral surveyors for this district was prepared and issued, embracing 64 pages of printed matter and a specimen plat. The connected sheets of mining claims have been revised, and several new ones added. Two records of mining claims have been completed, the first containing all items of importance connected with each case; the second, to unravel the complicated system of lot numbers, which, as per manual, is now discontinued. Very respectfully, Hon. T. H. CARTER, WILLIS H. PETTIT, United States Surveyor-General for Idaho. Commissioner General Land Office, Washington, D. C. A.-Contracts entered into under appropriation of August 30, 1890. [Regular apportionment.] Contract. Name of deputy. No. Date. 126 1891. Feb. 17 127 Mar. 23 Frederick J. Mills.... The subdivision lines of the following town. ships, viz: Tps. 3 N., R. 3 W.; 2 N., R. 2 W.; John B. Hastings..... The first auxiliary meridian west, through 128 Mar. 27 W. Clayton Miller.... The tenth standard parallel north, through -23 Rs. 2, 3, and 4 E.; the fractional exterior The south, west, and north boundaries of T. The ninth standard parallel north, along the A.-Contracts entered into under appropriation of August 30, 1890-Continued. [Regular apportionment.] The south and west boundaries of T. 40 N., 1891. $3,000 May 16 B.-Contracts entered into under appropriation of August 30, 1890. [Additional apportionment.] 1891. 1891. 132 June 11 Frederick J. Mills.... An extension of the Boisé meridian from $1, 800 June 24 133 June 19 W. Clayton Miller.. its present terminus-the north boundary The north boundary of the diminished The tenth standard parallel north, through The exterior township and range lines of Also the out-boundary lines embracing the 7,440 |