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absolutely unreliable in other places. These features, which consist 

 usually only of the creeks, have been checked as well as may be by the 

 pocket sextant, and also by pacing and courses taken with the Brunton 

 Compass. The notes of the pipe-hne for, the City of Golden water- 



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works kindly furnished by Mr. Carstarphen, the city engineer, have been 

 of great] service as a check on the northern portion of the Evergreen 

 Quadrangle. 



Topography 

 The topography of the area in question may be divided into two divi- 

 sions, the western and eastern sections. The topography of the western 

 section is seen to be rugged, and, while not so much as the Georgetown 

 and Central City Quadrangles to the west, its topography is more accen- 



