APPENDIX D 
NOTE UPON THE GEOLOGICAL REPORT^ 
The geological collection made by Captain Pope has been placed in the hands of Mr. Wm. P. 
Blake for description and a report in detail, which is not now completed, hut will appear in a 
supplementary volume. The preliminary report hy Mr. Jules Marcou, upon the collection, 
published as Chapter XIII in the preliminary report in octavo, is therefore omitted in this 
place. The reference on page 80 of the quarto edition of the Report of the Secretary of War, 
under the^head of cc Building-stone,” refers to Chapter XIII of the preliminary report in octavo. 
APPENDIX E. 
TABLE OF CAMPING PLACES ALONG THE DIRECT LINE OF SURVEY. 
Date. 
Camp. 
Distance from 
camp to eamp. 
Total distance 
from El Paso. 
Remarks. 
Feb. 21 
Miles. 
Miles. 
24.3 
Water, in natural tanks ; wood and grass. 
No water; brush for wood; good grass. 
22 
Camp No. 2, in pass of the Cerro Alto ... 
5.4 
29.7 
23 
Camp No. 3, Sierra de los Alamos. 
23.2 
52.9 
Spring water; grass good; cactus for wood, not very 
24 
Camp No. 4, Los Cornudos. 
8.2 
61.1 
abundant. 
Water in natural rock tanks; wood, small trees; grass. 
25 
Camp No. 5, on the open plain. 
11 
72.1 
No water; cactus for wood, in abundance; fine grass. 
26 
Camp No. 6, Ojo del Cuerbo. 
13.1 
85.2 
Water in abundance; fine springs, (sulphurous;) grass 
27 
Camp No. 7, in pass of Guadalupe mount¬ 
11.6 
96.8 
poor; small brush for wood. 
No water; cactus for wood, in great quantities; fine 
28 
ains. 
Camp No. 8, near bead of canon in Gua¬ 
10.7 
107.5 
grama-grass. 
Fine spring water; no wood; grass, but not very good 
Mar. 1 
dalupe Pass. 
Camp No. 9, pinery on the east slope of 
Guadalupe mountains. 
Camp No. 10, near Independence springs. 
4.7 
112.2 
or abundant. 
Water, wood, and grass, in the greatest abundance, 
2 
5.9 
118.1 
(fine springs;) pine groves; grama-grass. 
Three fine and large springs; thickets of scrub-oak and 
3 
Camp No. 11, head springs of Delaware 
14.5 
132.6 
hickory; good grass. 
Several fine mineral and fresh-water springs; grass 
6 
creek. 
Camp No. 12, on Delaware creek. 
11.3 
143.9 
good; no wood near. 
Water, wood, and grass; water sulphurous; dwarf cedar 
7 
Camp No. 13, on Delaware creek. 
13 
156.9 
for wood; grass not very good. 
Water of Delaware creek; plenty of roots for wood; 
Camp No. 14, on Pecos river, at mouth 
5.7 
162.6 
good grass. 
Water, wood, and grass abundant; roots for wood. 
April 8 
of Delaware creek. 
Camp No. 15, on the Llano Estacado_ 
25 
187.6 
No water; grass good, and roots for wood. 
9 
Camp No. 16.do. 
36.5 
224.1 
No water; grass not very good; roots for wood. 
10 
Camp No. 17.do. 
29 
253.1 
No water; good grama-grass; roots for wood. 
11 
Camp No. 18, Sulphur springs of the Col¬ 
34.2 
287.3 
Water plenty and good; grass good ; roots for wood. 
orado. 
