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and to pat thoin ami ourselves in working-order; besides, a line was carefully run to Teko, the nearest 

 telegraph-station at that time, (since then a new location, called Ilalleck Station, has been made 

 more nearlj' opposite Camp Halleck and more accessible than Teko,) from which longitude by tele- 

 graph was to be determined. 



Meanwhile, Lieutenaut Lockwood. having reached Ruby with wagons and mules, came at once 

 to Hnlleck. Fiually, ou the evening of the 2Gthof June, everything was ready for departure. 



Instructions from the Chief of Engineers were to the effect that, iu consequence of the geologi- 

 cal survey iu charge of Clarence Kiug, it would not be necessary to delay on account of details, 

 until about the latitude of White Piue was reached; but as it was thought best to carefully fix the- 

 l)ositions of as many points as possible, and among them Cauij) Halleck, as well as also to perfect 

 methods, it was considered advisable to go first to Elko, thence to Peko, on the Central Pacific Kail- 

 road, as the Humboldt opiwsite the latter place was at the time uufordable, obtaining in this way 

 longitudinal position for tiiese points as well as Halleck. This duty was completed on the eveniug 

 of the .jd of July. Leaving Camp Halleck on the morning of the 4th, and following the upper or 

 (Jilseu stage-road to White I'iiie, until the old overland roa<l was met, and following it through 

 Hastings Pass, Camp Euby was reached on the evening of the 7th of July. 



Here, again, the uecessities of a few final preparations obliged us to remain four or five days, 

 whicli interval was employed in making careful sets of observations, and in again telegraphing for 

 hingitude. At last, on the morning of the 13th of July, everything was ready for the march; the 

 train consisting of 36 persons, 8 wagons, 48 mules, and 31 horses. 



Taking the line of the telegraph road, Long Valley was traversed, and a camp about three miles 

 eastward of Hamilton, ^^ liite I'ine district, Nevada, was made ou the IGth. Prom this point 

 wagons were sent back to Camp Euby for barley and further amounts of commissary stores. At 

 and around this point more (;areful topography was taken. Telegraphiug for longitude was also 

 carried on with excellent success, the error of the chronometers obtained, and also their rate up to 

 tliis time. Thanks are due to Maj. H. M. Robert, Corps of Engineers, who very kindly took in 

 hand the direction of the chronometric signals received at Ban Francisco. Capt. H. F. Kodgers, 

 ITnited States Coast Survey, also very obligiugly lent his assistance; while Mr. Thos. Tennent fur- 

 nished the chronometers, and the Western Union Telegraph Company (to which especial thanks are 

 due,) furnished the use of its lines and the necessary telegraphic facilities. 



WHITE riNK DISTUICT. 



This district at this time had been so much written about and so frequently visited that its 

 general features were well understood. The excitement of the fall of 18(38 and succeeding winter 

 was so much greater than the size and richness of the place demanded, that the consequent rea(;tiou 

 had caused great distress anu)ng the working classes, and the sti'eets of Hamilton were thronged 

 with hardy miners and rough nu)untain-men, without anything to do and without money. Subse- 

 quently, uixin retuining to this vicinity, most of the peo[)le had departed, working their way toward 

 Arizona. It cannot be expected that any one district will exhibit more than three or four princii)al 

 leads, and if these prove to be fissure veins with yielding ores, permanence is considered certain, 

 and the fiu'ilities produced by tinu; and capital determine the result. During my stay iu White Pine 

 I saw nothing that could be called a fissure vein, although the mother lead, from which the various 

 deposits seemed as but segregations, is pretty certain to exist. The base-metal range has a great 

 mineral showing of low-grade smelting ore, and reduction works were iu progress iu Xovember, 

 LSU'J. This canqi may be made, to a certain extent, the uucleus of supply to remote interior min- 

 ing points. 



The necessary guides, packers, &c., having beeu obtained, a march to the eastward was uuule, 

 and thence the reconnaissaiu^c carried to the south, along a meridian somewhat to the east of AVhitc 

 Pine ; as to the suntii, so far as the Colorado, the whole of Southern Nevada was virtually unex- 

 plored or ma[>iied. Therefore by conducting the topographical search as far to the east as the Utah 

 Hue, and leturning, if possible, on a more westerly line, the greater if not the best parts of South- 

 ern Neva<la could be examined. Snbsccpuuit results show the route to have beeu well selectc<l. 



Camp was broken on the morning of the 31st of July, and a march made toward Steptoo 



