﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  GEORGE 
  B. 
  CHITTENDEN, 
  TOPOGRAPHER 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  SAN 
  JUAN 
  DIVISION, 
  1875. 
  

  

  LETTER 
  TO 
  DR. 
  F. 
  V. 
  HAYDBX. 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  April 
  30, 
  1877. 
  

   Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  herewith 
  to 
  submit 
  my 
  report 
  as 
  topographer 
  

   of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  and 
  Geograph- 
  

   ical 
  Survey 
  of 
  the 
  Territories. 
  

  

  This 
  division, 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  William 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  

   left 
  Denver 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  returning 
  reached 
  the 
  same 
  

   IDlace 
  on 
  the 
  22d 
  day 
  of 
  September, 
  in 
  that 
  time 
  completing 
  all 
  but 
  a 
  

   very 
  small 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  district 
  at 
  first 
  allotted 
  to 
  them 
  for 
  survey. 
  

   In 
  this 
  report 
  I 
  bave 
  considered 
  the 
  general, 
  and 
  when 
  necessary 
  the 
  

   detailed, 
  topographical 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  work, 
  and, 
  besides 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  vegetation, 
  have 
  given 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  altitudes 
  

   and 
  the 
  method 
  and 
  accuracy 
  of 
  their 
  determination, 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  rivers, 
  

   total 
  and 
  per 
  mile, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  methods 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  topographical 
  

   Avork. 
  

  

  Trusting 
  with 
  this 
  report 
  and 
  maps 
  I 
  have 
  covered 
  the 
  whole 
  ground 
  

   in 
  a 
  way 
  which 
  will 
  prove 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  you, 
  

   I 
  remain, 
  sir, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servant, 
  

  

  GEO. 
  B. 
  CHITTENDEN, 
  

  

  Tqpograjplier. 
  

   Dr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  Hatden, 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  Geologist-in-cJiarge. 
  

  

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