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Fort Union and tlie soutli-west, tlian that vid Trinidad 

 iiid Eaton Pass. Its elevation is 7,079 feet. For seven 

 liles it leads straight across the mountains with an average 

 ;rade of from 90 to 116 feet per mile ; it then descends more 

 radually for three 'miles, ending in a valley running at right 



uglcs to it.* 



ered bv General Wr 



Lastly, a fourth pass was disco^ 

 ^hont fourteen miles farther east, lower than any of the 

 'thers, most suitable for a railroad, but too rough either for a 



or even a mule path. 'This has been named 

 'imarron Pass ; its elevation is 6,166 feet. 



,gon road 



TMiile 



mouth of the 



Canon, I 



end 



^one of the grandeur of the Red 



Canon 



ieular only towards the top, and were composed of grey 

 .andstone, somewhat metamorphosed, probably from their 

 roximity to the Eaton Mountains, which are partly volcanic, 

 hey did not exceed 200 feet in height, yet it was difficult 

 'iivelling along the banks, for it took my friend Walter 

 [inchman and myself four hours to lead a mule packed with 

 liy photographic ^^ outfit '' two miles, in which short distance 

 re nearly lost our valuable quadruiDod in a quicksand, and 

 .ad to load and reload at least half-a-dozen times. 



In the evening of the 1st of An 

 . great acquisition to our party, 



Colonel 



chosen 



tD 



entlcmen of 



W 



IS'ew 



He bromrht with him the most 



o 



unous guide of that part of the country, Francisco by name, 



■^' The traveller to Fort Union should then follow the valley for three miles 

 1 an easterly direction (tiu^nmg to the left), when he will find an easy pa^ssage 

 lit of it at the foot and to the right of La Teuaja into a broad plain called Hay 



.^ larch. 



