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  REPOET 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  SUBRANGES. 
  

  

  RANGE 
  OF 
  FIRST 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  Parli 
  Range, 
  sonthivard 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  crossing 
  tcith 
  the 
  main 
  divide. 
  

  

  The 
  Park 
  Eaiige, 
  a 
  subrange 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  order, 
  crosses 
  the 
  main 
  

   range, 
  in 
  meridian 
  106° 
  8' 
  and 
  parallel 
  39° 
  21', 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  angle. 
  Its 
  

   length, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  pertains 
  to 
  our 
  district, 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  equal 
  to 
  

   the 
  mountain-belt 
  that 
  girds 
  both 
  the 
  Middle 
  and 
  the 
  South 
  Park 
  on 
  the 
  

   west. 
  Its 
  heights 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  general 
  characteristics 
  vary 
  with 
  the 
  

   locality. 
  While 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  range, 
  with 
  

   almost 
  undisturbed 
  strata, 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  (the 
  Gores 
  Mountains), 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  it, 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  exposures, 
  and 
  rivals 
  any 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  range 
  as 
  to 
  ruggedness 
  and 
  bold 
  forms, 
  and 
  excels 
  

   the 
  latter 
  even 
  in 
  mean 
  height. 
  The 
  highest 
  elevations 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   about 
  the 
  environs 
  of 
  Mount 
  Lincoln 
  on 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  crossing 
  with 
  the 
  

   main 
  range. 
  

  

  Mount 
  Lincoln 
  itself, 
  with 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  14,297 
  feet, 
  rests 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  side-spurs 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  Range. 
  We 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  

   mountains 
  on 
  the 
  Park 
  Eange, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  4 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  

   each 
  other, 
  reaching 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  over 
  14,000 
  feet, 
  namely. 
  Quan- 
  

   dary, 
  Lincoln, 
  Bross, 
  and 
  Buckskin. 
  Southward 
  from 
  Buckskin 
  Mount- 
  

   ain 
  toward 
  Weston's 
  Pass, 
  we 
  can 
  count, 
  within 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  21J 
  

   miles 
  along 
  the 
  crest, 
  26 
  peaks 
  and 
  points, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   13,250 
  feet. 
  The 
  mean 
  saddle-height, 
  amounting 
  to 
  12,650 
  feet, 
  shows 
  

   a 
  superiority 
  of 
  height 
  against 
  the 
  escarpment 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  range 
  from 
  

   Gray's 
  Peak 
  to 
  Mount 
  Lincoln, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  height 
  of 
  peaks 
  in 
  this 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  Eange 
  exceeds 
  the 
  peaks 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  

   localities 
  referred 
  to 
  above 
  by 
  170 
  feet. 
  

  

  There 
  are, 
  besides 
  the 
  26 
  peaks 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  crest, 
  18 
  peaks 
  or 
  

   prominent 
  points 
  resting 
  on 
  side-spurs. 
  The 
  upper 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  are 
  much 
  eroded, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  oli 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  are 
  

   equally 
  as 
  much 
  if 
  not 
  more 
  eroded 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side. 
  

  

  Weston's 
  Pass, 
  with 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  11,676 
  feet, 
  represents 
  the 
  lowest 
  

   depression 
  in 
  this 
  mountain-range 
  from 
  Ten 
  Mile 
  Peak 
  to 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   Peaks, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  50 
  miles. 
  South 
  of 
  Weston's 
  Pass 
  the 
  Park 
  Range 
  

   lessens 
  considerably 
  in 
  altitude. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  Marmot 
  Peak, 
  which 
  is 
  sit- 
  

   uated 
  3 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  Peaks,, 
  a 
  total 
  distance 
  of 
  16 
  miles, 
  the 
  

   average 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  escarpment 
  is 
  11,750 
  feet, 
  which 
  shows 
  a 
  decline 
  

   in 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  900 
  feet. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  called 
  

   Buffalo 
  Peaks, 
  which 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  13,541 
  feet, 
  the 
  average 
  

   height 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  is 
  only 
  12,550 
  feet, 
  showing, 
  like 
  the 
  escarpment, 
  a 
  

   marked 
  difference 
  from 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  

   Eange. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  peaks 
  and 
  prominent 
  nipples 
  both 
  on 
  the 
  escarpment 
  

   and 
  on 
  spurs 
  are 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  16. 
  From 
  Marmot 
  Peak, 
  a 
  point 
  

   which 
  shows 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  11,600 
  feet, 
  the 
  Park 
  Eange 
  in 
  its 
  course 
  

   farther 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  declines 
  so'rapidly 
  that 
  only 
  8 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  Trout 
  Creek 
  Pass 
  shows 
  but 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  9,346 
  feet, 
  while 
  the 
  

   main 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  depressed 
  range 
  near 
  Trout 
  Creek 
  Caiion 
  shows 
  but 
  

   an 
  average 
  altitude 
  of 
  10,400 
  feet. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  historic 
  California 
  emigrant 
  trail 
  descends 
  

   from 
  the 
  Park 
  Eange 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  Valley, 
  a 
  split 
  takes 
  

   place 
  in 
  the 
  Park 
  Range. 
  The 
  eastern 
  branch, 
  which 
  leads 
  to 
  Trout 
  

   Creek 
  Pass, 
  and 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  dividing 
  barrier 
  (though 
  not 
  theprin- 
  

  

  