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  EEPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  Lost 
  Cafion 
  clear 
  past 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  Montezuma, 
  receives 
  almost 
  no 
  

   drainage 
  from 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  gulches 
  of 
  the 
  McElmo, 
  Hovenweep 
  and 
  

   and 
  Moutezuma 
  head 
  clear 
  up 
  against 
  the 
  caiion 
  of 
  the 
  Dolores- 
  so 
  

   completely 
  do 
  they 
  do 
  this 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  ride 
  up 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  gulches 
  

   and, 
  without 
  leaving 
  its 
  valley, 
  look 
  down 
  upon 
  the 
  Dolores 
  below. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  now 
  described, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  I 
  might, 
  the 
  general 
  topographical 
  

   peculiarities 
  of 
  this 
  southwestern 
  area. 
  Taken 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  poorest 
  district 
  yet 
  worked 
  by 
  this 
  survey. 
  Of 
  the 
  5,500 
  square 
  

   miles 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  season's 
  work, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  75 
  square 
  miles 
  is 
  irri- 
  

   gable, 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  500 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  available 
  for 
  supporting 
  popu- 
  

   lation. 
  The 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  grass-land, 
  I 
  might 
  say 
  all 
  the 
  

   good 
  grass-land, 
  is 
  at 
  too 
  great 
  an 
  altitude 
  for 
  a 
  winter-range 
  for 
  stock 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  the 
  danger 
  from 
  sudden 
  floods 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  

   drawback 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  broad 
  bottoms 
  of 
  the 
  iSan 
  Juan. 
  The 
  

   most 
  valuable 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  have 
  become 
  open 
  to 
  settlement 
  

   by 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  purchase, 
  and 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  mines 
  will, 
  doubtless 
  

   rapidly 
  fill 
  up 
  all 
  the 
  available 
  places 
  with 
  thriving 
  ranchers, 
  who 
  will 
  

   find 
  many 
  desirable 
  locations 
  within 
  the 
  grant. 
  

  

  I 
  give 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  heights 
  through 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict, 
  which 
  may 
  prove 
  valuable 
  to 
  persons 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tour-map 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  altitudes. 
  

  

  Camp 
  under 
  Lone 
  Cone 
  o 
  993 
  

  

  Dolores 
  Eiver, 
  camp 
  below 
  mouth 
  of 
  Bear 
  '"..'.'.'.'. 
  7'4-^7 
  

  

  Dolores 
  River, 
  camp 
  midway 
  between 
  forks 
  ."" 
  7' 
  758 
  

  

  Dolores 
  River, 
  camp 
  at 
  Lower 
  Burial 
  Place 
  '-^1.'"."."."." 
  6'555 
  

  

  Dolores 
  River, 
  camp 
  at 
  main 
  bend 
  '..'.'.'.'.'.. 
  6' 
  948 
  

  

  Disappointment 
  Creek, 
  below 
  Lone 
  Mesa 
  " 
  '", 
  7' 
  qoi 
  

  

  Hovenweep 
  Creek, 
  at 
  Castle 
  r'oou 
  

  

  Helmet 
  Peak 
  i".." 
  V2()m 
  

  

  fljjs 
  peris 
  Peak 
  rti^Q 
  

  

  Hermauo 
  Peaks 
  '.-..--.'-"..".'.'". 
  .'.'"..'.'."'.J.".""."" 
  9 
  014 
  

  

  La 
  Plata 
  River, 
  above 
  Indian 
  farms 
  " 
  '" 
  621'? 
  

  

  La 
  Plata 
  River, 
  at 
  mouth 
  ' 
  f;'oQ7 
  

  

  Lone 
  Cone 
  19 
  -ri 
  

  

  Merritt's 
  ranch 
  --'.". 
  '-'.'-."."."".'.'.' 
  ''.*."".".'.*.'." 
  '~'39S 
  

  

  Mancos 
  River, 
  camp 
  at 
  head 
  of 
  main 
  canon 
  .'. 
  '. 
  ".".". 
  '.V. 
  '. 
  '..... 
  " 
  6* 
  306 
  

  

  Mancos 
  River, 
  near 
  mouth 
  of 
  main 
  caiion 
  [ 
  ' 
  5*326 
  

  

  Station 
  56, 
  opposite 
  mouth 
  of 
  Navaio 
  Creek 
  '' 
  c^'oks 
  

  

  Thompson's 
  Park 
  ,. 
  . 
  p^^° 
  

  

  Unaqua 
  Spring, 
  (Dolores 
  Plateau) 
  "--."-"-.""*..".""[!!"!"" 
  8 
  141 
  

  

  Ute 
  Peak 
  o'sa^ 
  

  

  McElmo, 
  athead 
  f 
  ^^^ 
  

  

  McElmo, 
  at 
  Pegasus 
  Spring 
  r 
  ' 
  000 
  

  

  McElmo, 
  at 
  moSth 
  J 
  ^'f}^ 
  

  

  Montezuma, 
  athead 
  "*' 
  " 
  t'i^Tl 
  

  

  Montezuma, 
  at 
  main 
  forks 
  ' 
  a 
  (-an 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  Recapture 
  Creek 
  .'.'.'.". 
  ' 
  444^ 
  

  

  Navajo 
  Creek, 
  camp 
  above 
  Navajo 
  Village, 
  East 
  Fork! 
  r, 
  7,70 
  

  

  Navajo 
  Creek, 
  camp 
  near 
  village. 
  West 
  Fork 
  k\kt, 
  

  

  Navajo 
  Creek, 
  mouth 
  J'Z^o 
  

  

  Navajo 
  M6sa, 
  eastern 
  end 
  « 
  rnn 
  

  

  ParrottCity 
  .j; 
  6,590 
  

  

  Pastora 
  Peak, 
  Carriso 
  Mountains 
  '. 
  9' 
  3-0 
  

  

  Plateau 
  on 
  trail 
  between 
  Hovenweep 
  and 
  Montezuma.' 
  ." 
  r 
  ' 
  c^T 
  

  

  Station 
  8, 
  Pinon 
  Mesa 
  p^'^i 
  

  

  Station 
  9, 
  between 
  La 
  Plata 
  and 
  Animas... 
  n' 
  fiti 
  

  

  Station 
  11, 
  bluffs 
  above 
  mouth 
  of 
  Animas 
  .. 
  r'^n 
  

  

  Station 
  U, 
  bluffs 
  below 
  mouth 
  of 
  La 
  Plata 
  . 
  r'^at 
  

  

  Station 
  15, 
  south 
  edge 
  of 
  M6sa 
  Verde 
  'Ir^j 
  

  

  Station 
  25, 
  summit 
  of 
  m6sa, 
  mouth 
  of 
  Mancos 
  Canon 
  aajj 
  

  

  fetation 
  27, 
  summit 
  of 
  m6sa, 
  middle 
  of 
  Mancos 
  Canon 
  a^kn 
  

  

  Station 
  :^5, 
  north 
  edge 
  of 
  Mdsa 
  Verde 
  .... 
  o' 
  r 
  ^!; 
  

  

  Station 
  36, 
  plateau 
  edge, 
  north 
  of 
  Ute 
  Peak 
  --"'"! 
  !!!M*. 
  ."!'..'.".!!! 
  . 
  6 
  979 
  

  

  