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KEARNEY POST-OFFICE TO BUFFALO, VIA PINEY CREEK, BIG RED 
POST-OFFICE, AND CLEAR CREEK. 
Feet. 
Sturgis ranch, 750 feet southwest of; 500 feet west of lane entering 
ranch, 5 feet south of road, on side hill 0.2 mile south of Piney Creek, 
in large bowlder in place; bronze tablet, marked " 4521 SHER " 4, 520. 529 
Flying E ranch, 0.2 mile due south of; 25 feet south of road, in large 
bowlder ; bronze tablet, marked ' ' 4423 SHER " 4, 422. 671 
M. A. Hamilton's ranch, 750 feet northeast of; 100 feet north of Piney 
Creek, at junction of Murphey Gulch and Piney Creek roads, in 
bowlder; bronze tablet, marked " 4308 SHER " 4, 308. 093 
Sam Dickey ranch, southwest of; corner of stone tool house; bronze 
tablet, marked "4212 SHER" 4,211.435 
Big Red post-office, i mile southwest of; on point of divide between 
Piney and Clear creeks, at junction of Buffalo and Piney roads; 
bronze tablet, marked ' '4142 SHER " 4, 141. 093 
Copp's ranch, southwest corner of: 60 feet southwest of Hopkins stage 
station, in rock in ground 20 feet south of gate; bronze tablet, marked 
44 4160 SHER" 4,158.941 
Watt's ranch, 1.2 miles southwest of; 10 feet east of road, in large 
bowlder at base of telegraph pole; bronze tablet, marked "4237 
SHER" 4,235.990 
Schoolhouse No. 5, 300 feet west of; 0.2 mile west of Murrey's ranch, 20 
feet southeast of road, rock at base of fence corner post; bronze tablet, 
marked "4279 SHER" 4,277.440 
Conrad's ranch, at south gate post at entrance to same, 10 feet north of 
gate, 100 feet east of Buffalo stage road; iron post, marked "4395 
SHER" 4,393.551 
Buffalo, 6 miles north of; old ranch at forks of road; at corner of fence, 
50 feet east of stage road, 300 feet west of clear creek; iron post, 
marked "4448 SHER".. 4,446.781 
Rock Creek, 300 feet northeast of; 30 feet south of stage road on small 
hill; iron post, marked "4545 SHER" 4,543.716 
SOUTH DAKOTA-WYOMING. 
FALL RIVER COUNTY, S. DAK. ; CROOK COUNTY, WYO. 
Edgemont and Hay Creek Quadrangles. 
The elevations in the following list are based on a bronze tablet set 
in the city hall building at Deadwood in 1897 and marked "4543." 
The elevation at this point, as determined from the Fremont, Elkhorn 
and Missouri Valley Railroad Company's bench mark, is 4,543.472 
feet. See Appendixes to the Nineteenth and Twenty-first Annual 
Reports of the United States Geological Survey for additional eleva- 
tions in this vicinity. 
The leveling in the north half of the Edgemont quadrangle was 
done in 1899 by Mr. John T. Stewart, levelman. The leveling on the 
south half of the Edgemont quadrangle and on all of the Hay Creek 
quadrangle was done in 1900 by Mr. C. E. Worthington, levelman, 
under the general direction of Mr. E. M. Douglas, geographer. All 
bench marks depending on this datum are stamped "DW" in addi- 
tion to the figures of elevation. 
