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Year 1867 is marked by the beginning of geological researches of King along 40th parallel. The purposes of its expedition were beyond its official name. It was entrusted to it ' to investigate and describe geological structure, geographical conditions and natural resources of the strip stretched from 105 ° to 120 ° z. d. Lengthways 40 ° with. sh., having captured big enough spaces to the north and to the south from a parallel that on them there could pass two railways (Central and Junon-Pasifik), and having taken still it is so much territory, how many in general it is compatible to accuracy and with normal work of expeditions '.

King should pay attention also to fauna and flora and to collect a material not only for topographical, but also a different sort of special cards. Field works were conducted during five seasons, and material processing has ended only in 1879 of All expedition has captured territory, the area in 223 thousand sq. km. In 1879 when expedition has finished the work, as a part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Management of geological shooting of the United States to which the problem of drawing up and the edition of topographic maps has been assigned has been organised. Despite considerable works, by 1913 it has been mapped only less than half of territory of the United States.