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CHAPTER VIII. 
Tables of Distances, Grades, Altitudes, and Latitudes. 
I.—Table of distances and of approximate average grades per mile upon the line explored for a railroad from Smith's Fork, 
near Fort Bridger, in the are id Green river, Utah Territory, via the Madelin Pass, to Fort Reading, in the valley of 
the Sacramento river, Californ 
II.—Table of distances = of resime og average grades per mile upon the line explored for a railroad from Mud lake, via 
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oble's Pass, to Fort Reading —July 
IH. Dale of latitudes on the line of the icto parallel of north latitude, explored for the Paeific railway, 1854. 
I.—Table of distances and of approximate average grades per mile, upon the line explored for a 
railroad from Smith's Fork, near Fort Bridger, in the valley of Green river, Utah Territory, 
via the Madelin Pass, to Fort Reading, in the valley of the Sacramento river, California, 1854. 
Intermediate Total Average Altitudes 
Station. distances. | distances. ponies per jabove the sea.) Remarks and dates. 
mile. 
Feet. Feet. 
Smith’s Fork 7254.4 April 11 and 12. 
Black’s Fork BNET 9. 00 69. 50 7880. 3 April 10. 
Divide between Black and Muddy creeks 2. 25 21:25 40. 30 8373.7 E 
Divide of Muddy and Bear river 6. 10 27. 35 39. 40 8133. 3 Ar 
Divide of Bear river and White Clay creek....... 12. 90 40. 25 49, 80 7490. 8 April 
White Clay ereek 11. 50 51. 75 41. 90 009. d 17. 
White Clay pee mp 1 8.75 60. 50 54. 20 534. 
White Clay — camp 4, sich from Salt Lake... 10. 00 70. 50 4. 90 5692, 1 April 1 and 8. 
White Clay creek, camp 4 wea] tusk came bees ; 92, 1 
Dry creek, camp 3....-.-...--....---.. eee eens] wane eee 16. 50 16. 50 19. 1 April 6. 
Sheep Rock. ber river 8.50 95. 00 27. 00 5189. 5 Do. 
Ben Simon’s creek, camp 2 ....-................ 12. 20 37. 20 28. 50 4842. 1 April 5. 
Weber river, below the mountains 7. 80 45. 00 53. 60 4424. 1 Do. 
Weber ri dean camp 1 5. 95 75.75 3. 80 5671. April 19. 
Weber river, Kamas auis 12. 00 87.75 54. 00 6319. 4 April 20. 
Tim oen - T ver, Kamas prairie 8. 70 96. 4 8.80 6242. 6 Do. 
5. 70 102. 32. 80 6055. April 21. 
anogos river, head of Round prairie......... 5. 20 107. 60. 90 5738.8 Do. 
mpanogos FIVET E e ca eere eee er ee ee ee e 5. 00 112. 44. 40 5516.7 Do. 
Timpanogos river, foot of Round prairie... uke 0. 70 113. “32.70 5493, 8 Do. 
Timpanogos river, head of Á— Ce E ip ROLE 4.70 117. 7 2. 00 5484. 3 Do. 
Timpanogos river, in cano 3. 00 120. 75 30. 10 5394. 1 Do. 
a 8. 00 128. 75 39. 70 5076. 7 Do. 
merican Fi 14. 90 142. € 19. 80 5796. 0 November 6, 1853. 
Camp 2, w iom Sait ve 39. 60 182. 55 3. 50 4657. 0 1854. 
Camp 3, west of Tuilla v 20, 59 203. 14 8. 10 4437.5 May 7 and 8. 
Camp 4, opposite Loses s island . 13. 70 216. 84 18. 20 4238. 0 May 8 and 9. 
Camp 5, west side of Mt. creek, Spring or Lone 21. 45 938. 29 9. 60 4444.3 | May 9 and 10. 
Rock valley. : 
Dry creek 10. 26 248. 55 99. 90 5469. 5 May 10. 
cy into v— Mt. Pass 1. 54 950. 09 38. 20 5528. 4 » 
3. 94 253. 33 16. 10 5580. 5 May 10 and 11. 
evil of Cedar M t. Pass 2.15 955. 48 364. 40 6364. May 11. 
First descent of Cedar Mt. Pass 0. 23 255. 71 773. 90 6186. 0 Do. 
Camp 7, west of Cedar Mt. Pass 1,30 257. 01 470. 00 5575. 0 Do. 
Foot nt wee 2.43 259. 44 329. 00 4775. May 12. 
Camp 8, 17. 33 276. 0. 50 4666. . 
Fish creek 39. 80 316. ^7 10. 20 5073. 2 May 15. 
Camp 10, Fish 16. 50 333. . 0.90 5076. 5 0. 
Summit of — — 14. 13 347. 20 76. 30 6154. 1 May 16. 
Camp 11, in mountain pass ...-..----- ------ ees 7.47 .67 10. 90 6073. 1 May 16. 
Ascent to divide of 1st "and 2d creek of the e pass. . "1. 82 .49 996. 50 6485.4 May 17. 
Ascent 1.12 357. 61 177, 50 6634, 2 Do. 
1.95 86 26. 20 6717.0 k 
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