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la tit® sparing of 1872 Holmes bad the good fortune to be 
appelated Jaftiet t© the Survey of the Territories tinder »r. f.f. 
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hi® appoint went la 1874 a® Assistant Oeelo^lnt on the Sammy, 
la 1878 h® was given ehorgs of the Division of the Survey assign- 
®4 te the eacploratioa of the sea Juan region in Southwest Colorado 
Bae to Ills sueoses in solving certain geological problem of that 
region professor 0. K. Silfcsrt, geologist of the Powell Survey, 
then at »i* in Utah, naaeft one of the Peeke of the Henry gang®, 
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*U0aat Holm®*" and ®ne of the sukerd lasts somite "The lesser 
Solas®.*’ 
In earryisa* on the survey work, ant espse tally the pri- 
mary trianipilatiBB of the State, soores of the greater samite 
w®r® ascended, m arduous hut fsseineting work. On® saasit, 
>»ww, h«4 a part Ionian interest of its ns - the loon tain of 
th® Holy Orem. Xeeklng to the Seat froe ©ray’s Smk, a 
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