CHAPTER VIII. 
Tables of Distances , Grades , Altitudes , and Latitudes. 
I. —Table of distances and of approximate average grades per mile upon the line explored for a railroad from Smith’s Fork, 
near Fort Bridger, in the valley of Green river, Utah Territory, via the Madelin Pass, to Fort Reading, in the valley of 
the Sacramento river, California, 1854. 
II. .— Table of distances and of approximate average grades per mile upon the line explored for a railroad from Mud lake, via 
Noble’s Pass, to Fort Reading.—July 4 to 26, 1854. 
III. —Table of latitudes on the line of the forty-first parallel of north latitude, explored for the Pacific railway, 1854. 
I .—Table of distances and of approximate average grades per mile, upon the line explored for a 
railroad from Smith’s Fork, near Fort Bridger, in the valley of Green river, Utah Territory, 
via the Madelin Pass, to Fort Beading, in the valley of the Sacramento river, California, 1854. 
Station. 
Intermediate 
distances. 
Total 
distances. 
Average 
grades per 
mile. 
Altitudes 
above the sea. 
Smith’s Fork __..............__...__ 
Feet. 
Feet. 
7254. 4 
Black’s Fork.........__ 
9. 00 
69. 50 
7880. 3 
Divide between Black and Muddy creeks^. 
2.25 
21.25 
40. 30 
8373.7 
Divide of Muddy and Bear river. 
6.10 
27.35 
39.40 
8133. 3 
Divide of Bear river and White Clay creek.. 
12.90 
40.25 
49.80 
7490. 8 
White Clay creek ...... 
11.50 
51.75 
41.90 
7009.0 
White Clay creek, camp 13...... 
8.75 
60. 50 
54.20 
6534.4 
White Clay creek, camp 4, east from Salt Lake... 
White Clay creek, camp 4...... 
10. 00 
70.50 
84. 20 
5692. 1 
5692.1 
Dry creek, camp 3...... 
16.50 
16.50 
5419. 1 
Sheep Rock. Weber river... 
8.50 
25.00 
27. 00 
5189. 5 
Ben Simon’s creek, camp 2. 
12.20 
37.20 
28.50 
4842.1 
Weber river, below the mountains. 
7.80 
45. 00 
53.60 
4424.1 
Weber river, camp 15...... 
5.25 
75.75 
3.80 
5671.9 
Weber river, Kamas prairie ... 
12. 00 
87.75 
54. 00 
6319.4 
Timpanogos river, Kamas prairie..... 
8.70 
96.45 
8. 80 
6242.6 
Timpanogos river..... 
5.70 
102. 15 
32. 80 
6055. 5 
Timpanogos river, head of Round prairie. 
5.20 
107. 35 
60. 90 
5738. 8 
Timpanogos river.......... 
5. 00 
112.35 
44. 40 
5516.7 
Timpanogos river, foot of Round prairie......_ 
0. 70 
113. 05 
32. 70 
5493. 8 
Timpanogos river, head of canon.... 
4.70 
117.75 
2. 00 
5484. 3 
Timpanogos river, in canon... 
3. 00 
120.75 
30. 10 
5394. 1 
Camp... 
8. 00 
128. 75 
39. 70 
5076.7 
American Fork... 
14.20 
142. 95 
19. 80 
5796. 0 
Camp 2, west from Sait lake... 
39. 60 
182. 55 
3. 50 
4657. 0 
Camp 3, west of Tuilla valley...... 
20. 59 
203.14 
8.10 
4487. 5 
Camp 4, opposite Stansbury’s island... 
13.70 
216.84 
18.20 
4238. 0 
Camp 5, west side of Mt. creek, Spring or Lone 
Rock valley. 
21.45 
238.29 
9.60 
4444. 3 
Dry creek ... 
10. 26 
218. 55 
99. 90 
5469. 5 
Entrance into Cedar Mt. Pass......... . 
1.54 
250. 09 
38.20 
5528.4 
Camp 6, in pass. 
Summit of Cedar Mt. Pass..... 
3.24 
253. 33 
16.10 
5580. 5 
2.15 
255. 48 
364. 40 
6364. 0 
First descent of Cedar Mt. Pass.. . 
0.23 
255.71 
773. 90 
6186. 0 
Camp 7, west of Cedar Mt. Pass ... 
1.30 
257.01 
470. 00 
5575. 0 
Foot of mountain...... . . 
2. 43 
259. 44 
329. 00 
4775.5 
Camp 8, Granite mountain__ 
17. 33 
276.77 
0. 50 
4666. 4 
Fish creek... 
39. 80 
316.57 
10.20 
5073.2 
Camp 10, Fish creek. 
16.50 
333. 07 
0.20 
5076.5 , 
Summit of mountain spur 
14.13 
347.20 
76.30 
6154, 1 
Camp 11, in mountain pass.. 
7.47 
354.67 
10. 90 
6073,1 
Ascent to divide of 1st and 2d creek of the pass_ 
1. 82 
356. 49 
226. 50 
6485. 4 
Ascent to divide between 1st and 2d creek of the pass 
1 12 
357.61 
177. 50 
66.84,2 
Ascending 2d creek... 
1.25 
358. 86 
26.20 
6.717.0 
Remarks and dates. 
April 11 and 12. 
April 10. 
Do. 
April 9. 
April 17. 
Do. 
April 7 and 8. 
April 19. 
April 20. 
April 21. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
November 6, 1853. 
May 6,1854. 
May 7 and 8. 
May 8 and 9. 
May 9 and 10. 
May 10. 
Do. 
May 10 and 11. 
May 11. 
Do. 
Mav 12. 
Do. 
May 15. 
Do, 
May 16. 
May 16. 
May 17. 
Do. 
Do. 
