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canon is quite deep. Returned to camp and found all hands in - 
the. first time for nine days, Ailson had camped the night I left 
him on the west side of Lone Cone and without food had made the 
peak early this morning and reached camp by four o’clock. All the 
work in this region was therefore completed and we 'were ready to 
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set out for the Uncompaghe Agency. As supplies were short all 
hands were glad to be off. 
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Sept. 25rd : San Miguel River, kith some degree of glad- 
bid fare well to the southwest and with considerable con- 
that I lay my work in this section before the geologic 
Both last year and this this sec ion has possessed a charm 
peculiar to itself, but after halving once been seen and examined 
has little to hold attention or cause desire for future visit, 
unless it be the ancient ruins. Broke camp, which had been for 
7 days,at the base of Lone Cone and followed the trail to the 
northeast. Passed around the little mountain which lies just 
north of west San Aiguel and after marching some 16 or IS miles 
came to the brink of San Aiguel Canon, which is very abrupt and 
deep. Descended some 1500 feet over ITo. 1 jurassic and red beds. 
Found some mining camps in the canon; placer claims are staked 
out on all bottom land; the area, however, is small. Passed up 
the Canon about a mile and then climbed out to the east. Found 
a wagon trail at the top. In looking back up the Canon I noticed 
that the upper 500 or 600 feet of strata were light colored and 
that the remainder were dull red with a somewhat brighter band, 
yellow and red at the junction - a contact. A trachytic butte 
extends down to the red beds on the right head of the trail as 
we leave the canon. Ho. 1 occurs to our right said left as we 
