Mat, 1893.] LOCALITIES VISITED BY THE EXPEDITION. 37o 



Mount Lyell, California. Altitude, 13,042 feet (3,975 meters). B, G. 



A high peak in the Sierra Nevada east of the Yosemite Valley and near the head- 

 waters of the Merced River. 



Mount Magruder, Esmeralda County, Nov. Altitude about 9,500* feet (2,900 me- 

 ters). C, 9. 

 An important mountain standing at the extreme head of the northwestern arm of 

 Death Valley and at the southern end of the Red or Silver Peak Mountains. The 

 Mount Magruder plateau connects the Grapevine, Panamint and Silver Peak ranges. 



Merriam, Bailey. 



Mount Perry, Inyo County, Calif. E, 11. 



The highest peak in the northern part of the Funeral Mountains. It is named 

 after Mr. J. W. S. Perry, Superintendent of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, at 

 Daggett, to whom the expedition is indebted for many favors and for much valuable 

 information. Mount Perry has an altitude of about 5,500" feet (1,670 meters), 

 its summit being about 5,700 feet (by aneroid) above Greenland ranch in Death 

 Valley . t Palmer. 



Mount Piiios, Ventura County, Calif. Altitude, 9,214 feet (2,808 meters). H, 6. 

 The culminating peak of the southern Coast Ranges standing near the northern 

 boundary of the county and at the headwaters of the Cuyama River. Mount Piiios, 

 also known as McGill Peak, may be considered the center from which diverge the 

 various ridges of the Coast Range in this region Nelson. 



Mount Silliman, Tulare County, Calif. Altitude, 11,623 feet (3,543 meters). D, 7. 



A high peak in the southern Sierra Nevada situated in the northeast corner of the 



Sequoia National Park Palmer. 



Mount Smith, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude,. 6,300 feet (1,920 meters). F, 11. 



The highest peak at the southern end of the Funeral Mountaius and opposite the 

 entrance of Death Valley at Windy Gap. lie is named after Mr. F. M. Smith, of 

 San Francisco, President of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, who aided the expe- 

 dition in Death Valley in every possible way. 



Mount Whitney, California. Altitude, 14,522 feet (4,426 meters). D, 8. 



The highest point in the United States, first called Fisherman Peak, but after- 

 ward renamed by Clarence King in honor of Prof. J. D. Whitney, Director of the 

 Geological Survey of California. The peak was first ascended August 18, 1873, t and 

 the records of the fourth party who ascended it (July 7, 1875), were still in the monu- 

 ment on the summit Avhen Mr. Dutcher and the writer climbed the peak September 

 10, 1891. The altitude adopted is that determined by Prof. S. P. Langley, and is 

 based on a series of barometric observations made simultaneously on the peak and 

 at Lone Pine. Tbe elevation given by Whitney is 14,898 feet (4,541 meters) and that 

 adopted by the Wheeler Survey 14,470 feet (4,410 meters) Palmer, Dutcher. 



Mud Spring. 



(1) Lincoln County, Nev. [C, 13.] Altitude about 5,600* feet (1,705 meters). 

 A spring in the north end of the Desert Mountains, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) 

 west of Pahranagat Lake Merriam, Bailey. 



(2) Mohave County, Ariz. [G, 16.] A spring at the north end of the Sacramento 

 Valley, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of The Needles, Calif. Collections 

 were made in 1889 by Bailey. 



t There is a peak immediately north of Mount Perry, which is almost as promi- 

 nent from Death Valley but which is 300 feet (90 meters) lower. 

 tSee Geog. Rept. Wheeler Survey, i, 1889, p. 100. 



