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REPORT UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



seen for sale on the Union Pacific Bailroad. There is but little doubt 

 that these springs will become one of the pleasure resorts of Idaho. In 

 1877 about thirty people, mostly from Salt Lake, Utah, had visited them. 

 There is no hotel, and the accommodations are limited, but the beautiful 

 valley and the picturesque scenery of the surrounding hills must event- 

 ually attract attention from tourists. There is game in the mountains 

 and the streams abound in trout. 



In the following table I present the observations of last year in com- 

 parison with those made in former years : 



Name of spring. 



Observations in 1877. 



Observations i 1871 by 

 United States Geo- 

 logical Survey. 



Observations in 1843 

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 «H.S 



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a'pyl 



43 © 



££ 

 © c3 



Iff 

 H * 



© 



CO 



-° a 

 =2.2 



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 f= SB 



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 O 



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 Pn 



a 



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O 



8 



|j 



g 





o 

 88 

 87| 







80 



79 



*80£ 



1.30 p.m. 



o 

 85* 



o 





87 



o 

 28.5 



A.M. 























Steam holes at Steamboat 

 Spring. 



83 

 85 



80 



1.30 p.m. 









81.5 



28.5 



A.M. 













50 



79 



A.M .. 































Basin Springs. 1 



2 

 3 









53*. 

 76*. 

 78 





























































Hill Springs .1 



2 

 3 









561 



58 



53J 



| 

















































Left Hand Springs 1 



2 









54* 

 52-£ 

























































65 

 56 



62.5 



28.5 



Sunset. 

 Sunrise. 





















1 





Eiver Springs 1 



2 



71 

 59 



80 

 80 



P.M.... 



J65 

 66*. 



































Iron Springs 1 



2 



54 

 60 



78 

 78 



10* a. m 









































Pyramid Springs 1 



2 

 (Southend) 3 



4 



80 

 80 

 81 



80 



74 



74 



*85 



85 



9£ a. m . . 

 9J a. m . . 



3p.m... 



3 p. m . . . 



74 



72* 



71* 



71* 



74" 



70*. 



70*. 



64* 





>east side. 

 > west side. 



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76* 









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*Inthesun. t Not recognized. 



t These springs may not~be identical with those examined in 1877. 



