Extracts from the 
mrm.sQin.Att report 
1877 
”Annual Report of the Board of Repents of 
the Smithsonian Institution 
for the Year 1877." 
" Office work in 1877 The early part of the year in 
the office was devoted to the completion of the Colorado 
work, and the latter part was occupied in working up the 
summer*s notes. 
"During the summer, Mr. W. H. Holmes remained in the 
office, superintending the publication of the Atlas of 
Colorado, which is now rapidly approaching completion. A 
large portion of the time was devoted by him to the 
preparation of the "Eonomic Map,” the "General Geological 
Map," the "Geological Sections," and the "Panoramic Views. 
The folloi^ing are the sheets included in the Atlas of 
Colorado: 
I* Triangulation Map* 
II. General Drainage Map. 
III. Economic Map. 
IV. General Geological Map. 
V# Northwestern Colorado. 
VII. Central Colorado 
VI. northern Central Colorado. 
VIII. Western Colorado 
