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camp — for it is well to have a well established camp — is it practi- 

 cable to work?" Our work was clone in a country where every 

 alternate section is patented to the Central (Southern) Pacific 

 Railway Company — and in addition there is considerable other 

 patented land. It was found that work could be done to good 

 advantage in such country within a radius of five miles from 

 camp. With good going in the morning, three miles an hour was 

 made while walking to the work. At night, with the men tired 

 and the walking a little more difficult, the speed was, of course, 

 considerably less. At the five-mile limit, unless under exception- 

 ally favorable circumstances, it was very seldom that a two-man 

 crew completed a full section in a day. 



It may be interesting to outline briefly an actual day's work 

 near the five-mile limit for a three-man crew. Work was started 

 at seven A. M. and from a section corner previously determined. 

 Two miles of line was run using a compass and pacing distances. 

 All the corners on this line were found. From the section corner 

 thus found two more miles of line were run, and the country 

 traversed was mapped. From this point, which was established 

 on vacant government land, the actual reconnaissance work began 

 and an additional two and one-half miles of line was run and all 

 the timber within a strip three chains wide was estimated. Within 

 the last one-half mile the elevation varied from 4,700 to 5,300 

 feet. The work stopped three miles from camp and the cabin was 

 reached at five-thirty that night. 



With much patented land it is impossible to work for three 

 months from one camp. Moving camp on the snow — by man 

 power — is, however, entirely practicable. On February 16 and 

 17, seven men moved 2,400 pounds of provisions, bedding, cooking 

 utensils, instruments, clothes, etc., twelve miles on two sleds. 

 The snow was soft and sticky — in fact the webs sunk in about two 

 inches throughout most of the day. One sled, which had narrow 

 runners, had to be left at two o'clock on the first day, but was 

 rescued the iicxt morning when the snow was harder. Light 

 loads from 100 to 250 pounds can be hauled by three men (with 

 the snow in fair condition) if the country is not too rough and 

 broken and the grades too heavy. For loads over 250 pounds, 

 more than three men are needed, unless the country is fairly level 

 or there is a down-hill pull. 



Skis will not do for this work. With them it is impossible to 



