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down it after every rain. For several miles the trail was a ditch 

 from 1 to 4 feet deep, and from 2 to 3 feet wide, at places inter- 

 sected by hundreds of roots, at others rendered almost impassable 

 by shelving rocks, so that it was, on the whole, in a deplorable 

 condition. The work on the trail was begun July 18th, and by 

 August 7th was finished to the top of the Peak. The trans- 

 portation of the monument from the railway was begun August 

 7th. It was packed in 7 cases weighing in all 1,041 pound.-, 

 and was hauled in a wagon 2 miles above Pattern's, there un- 

 packed and the several sections, 9 in number, slung on poles and 

 the ft carry" was begun. It could have been hauled in the wagon 

 one mile further, but it was found more convenient to send the 

 wagon on with the provisions and tools, and to carry the monu- 

 ment from this point on men's shoulders. All the sections were 

 thus carried for ten miles. In three aud a half days after the 

 monument was received at the railway it was laid alongside the 

 grave on the Peak. It weighed about 900 pounds and required 

 for its transportation 13 men and one boy for 3 J days, and two 

 oxen and a wagon 1 J days. The cost of the transportation was 

 §46.96. 



The work of quarrying out stone for the foundation was begun 

 Monday, August 13th. The rock on the Peak is a coarse gneiss, 

 very friable and brittle, so that it was found best to get out two 

 blocks and join them in a bedding of Portland cement. The 

 two together weighed about 1,800 pounds, and after drilling in 

 them the necessary anchor holes they were placed in position at 

 the head of the grave and leveled. The bottom section of the 

 monument, weighing 140 pounds, was then anchored to the 

 foundation by eight § in. copper bolts, screwed into the metal base 

 and -'leaded" into the rock, extending into this 4 inches. The 

 second section was then bolted to the first by eight h in. copper 

 bolts fastened from within. The third section was bolted to the 

 second by eight I in. copper bolts, and fastened to the bed-rock by 

 four 1 in. zinc bolts, screwed into the section and " leaded " into the 

 rock for 4 inches. The monument is thus anchored to the bed- 

 rock by eight § in. copper bolts, and four 1 in. zinc bolts. Each 



