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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



Table I. — A list of eleimtions and distances aloiuj the line of the Lalce 

 fS/iperior and Mississippi Railroad, running from JJuluth on Lalce ISiipe- 

 rior to Saint Paul, Minnesota. 



Surface of Lake Superior 



Diiluth 



Tliouisou , 



Highest point ou the road 



Moose Lake depot 



Kettle River depot 



Hinckley, at Grindstone River 



Lowest between Hinckley and the next summit 



Summit 



Summit 



Pine City, at Snake River 



Point two and one-half miles south of Snake River 



Rush City, at the creek 



Goose Lake 



Next highest point 



North Branch, at the creek 



Between North Branch and Wyoming 



Wyoming, at the river 



Wyoming, at the depot 



Forest Lake depot \ 



Summit between Forest Lake and Rice Creek 



Rice Creek • 



Centreville depot 



Junction at White Bear Lake 



Summit between White Bear Lake and Saint Paul 



Between Phalen's Lake and Saint Paul 



Lowest water in Mississippi, at Saint Paul 



Highest water in Mississippi, at Saint Paul 



Standard generally used for Mississippi, at Saint Paul. 



Distance from 

 Duluth. 



Height above 

 the sea. 



Miles. 



22 

 33 

 45 

 60 



78 



80 

 86 

 90 



101 



113 



125 



129 



132 



133^ 



138 



143 



145 



If)! 



155 



Feet 



60o| 



<)05 



1,027 



1,166 



1,052 



1,112 



1,023 



1,005 



1,023 



985 



944 



978 



908 



886 



915 



883 



906 



887 



897 



904 



953 



916 



927 



920 



959 



870 



676 



697 



680 



Table II. — A list of elevations and distances from the icestern extremity 

 of Lalce Superior, at Diduth, to the Missouri River at the mouth of Ucart 

 River, along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 



Lake Superior, at Duluth 



Fond du Lac 



Thomsou, (Dalles of Saint Louis River). 



Junction 



Otter Creek, (bed of the creek) 



Norman, (natural ground) 



Kettle River, (bed of the river) 



Kettle River, (natural ground) 



Island Lak(%(grade) 



Tamarack River, (natural ground) 



Sicottes, (grade) 



Sandy River 



Kimberly 



Rice River 



Aiken 



Cedar River, (bed of the river) , 



Cedar River, (natural surface) 



Withington , 



Brainar(l,(at Mississippi River, grade).. 



Brainard, (river bed) 



Fn^nchman's ' 



Pillaeer 



Distance from 

 Duluth. 



Miles. 



6 

 22 

 24 

 27 

 34 

 42 

 45 

 46 

 52 

 58 

 65 

 76 

 81 

 88 

 92 

 97 

 98 



121 

 127 



Height above 



the sea. 



Feet. 

 600 

 606 

 ,036 

 ,080 

 126 

 ,333 

 ,285 

 ,359 

 302 

 ,309 

 ,265 

 ,222 

 ,231 

 ,248 

 ,203 

 193 

 . 299 

 270 

 205 

 138 

 .206 



1,195 



