ooode.1 MONUMENTS. .}<) 
Complete copies of these notes can be found in the offices of the Geo- 
logical Survey and the General Land Office in Washington and of the 
surveyors-general in Idaho and Montana. 
A general description of the monuments is given below. The fig- 
ures followed by the letter "M" indicate the distance in miles and 
hundredths of a mile from the initial monument. 
Initial monument: Stone masonry monument, 6 feet long, 10 by 10 
inches square, consisting of ten sections cemented and bolted together. 
An aluminum bench-mark tablet is set with cement in the top of the 
monument stamped "1899, Elev. 4500." The monument stands amid 
tall, dense timber on west slope of ridge, about a half mile east of 
creek. 
1. Iron post, stamped "0.40 M.," on west slope of ridge, amid tall, 
dense timber. 
2. Iron post, stamped "1.15 M.," on west slope of ridge, amid tall, 
dense timber. 
3. Iron post, stamped "1.82 M.," on west slope of ridge, amid tall, 
dense timber. 
4. Iron post, stamped "2.85 M.," on top of a ridge making out from 
the west slope of the main ridge, amid tall, dense timber. 
5. Iron post, stamped "3.68 M.," between two branches, 30 feet 
apart, of a small creek flowing west, about a half mile east of the 
junction of said creek with a creek flowing north, amid dense timber. 
6. Iron post, stamped "4.66 M.," 30 feet south of a creek flowing 
west and about one-fourth mile east of the junction of said creek with 
a creek flowing north, amid dense timber. 
7. Iron post, stamped "5.415 M.," amid dense timber, 300 feet south 
of a small creek flowing west, and about one-fourth mile east of creek 
flowing northwest. 
8. Iron post, stamped "6.295 M.," 2.5 miles north of the Buckhorn 
mine, on bare grassy ridge, 100 feet east of edge of green timber. A 
lone fir tree stands 200 feet east of the post. 
9. Iron post, stamped "6.825 M.," If miles north of the Buckhorn 
mine, amid heavy fir timber, on west slope of high timbered ridge. 
10. Iron post, stamped "7.53 M.," 1 mile north of the Buckhorn mine, 
on top of ridge, amid fir timber. 
11. Iron post, stamped "8.21 M.," in north end of basin, at south 
edge of green timber, 100 feet east of foot of slope. 
12. Iron post, stamped " 8.61 M.," on top of bare ridge, a half mile 
east of the Buckhorn cabins. 
13. Iron post, stamped "9.03 M." (post should have been stamped 
"9.00 M."), on top of bare rocky ridge, a half mile south of the Buck- 
horn mines, about 600 feet southeast from the highest point on the 
ridge. 
14. Iron post, stamped "9.505 M." (post should have been stamped 
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