150 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
At las sheet. 
San Miguel; county in the southwestern pact of the State; 
bounded on the north by Montrose and Ouray eounties, on 
the east by < >uray and San .J nan counties, on the south by 
Dolores County, and on the west by l T tah. The eastern 
part consists of high, rugged mountains, part of the San 
Juan group, and the western pari is an arid plateau. Its 
area is 1,310 square miles, of which 1£ per cent, or 10,388 
acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 
1900 was 5,379; and of Telluride, the county seat, 2,44(5. 
In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 13° 20' cast. 
The mean animal rainfall is about 20 inches, and the mean 
annual temperature 45° to 50°. 
San Miguel; lake in San Miguel County; altitude, 9,720 feet. 
San Miguel; mountains, a name applied to a portion of the 
San Juan group, in which heads San Miguel River. 
San Mig-uel ; peak in San Juan Mountains on boundary between 
San Miguel and I Dolores counties Telluride. 
San Miguel; plateau through which San Miguel River cuts a 
canyon for nearly its entire length. 
San Miguel; river in Montrose and San Miguel counties, a 
right-hand branch of Dolores River, heading in the north- 
western San Miguel Mountains and flowing nearly north- 
west to it- mouth in :i deep canyon east of Paradox. 
San Miguel; station in San Miguel County on Denver and 
Rio Grande Railroad: altitude, 8,708 feet. 
San Miguel; village in Las Animas County Elmoro. 
San Pablo: canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Pur- 
gatory River Spanish Peaks. 
San Pablo; posl village in Costilla County. 
San Pedro; mesa in Costilla County. 
San Pedro; village in Costilla County. 
San Rafael; town in Conejos County; population in 1900, 700. 
Santa Clara; creek in Las Animas ( otinty, a right-hand branch (Spanish Peaks, 
of Cuchara River. IWalsenburg. 
Santa Clara; station in Huerfano County on Colorado and 
Southern Railway; altitude, 8,500 feet Spanish Peaks. 
Santa Clara Junction; station in Huerfano County, on Den- 
ver and Rio Grande Railroad. 
Santa Fe; mountain in Front Range. Clear Creek County; alti- 
tude, 9,000 feet Georgetown. 
Santa Maria; lake in Mineral County; altitude, 9,415 feet. 
Santa Rita; station in Teller County on Colorado Springs and 
Cripple Creek District Railway. 
Sapinero; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of 
< runnison River. 
Sapinero; post village in Gunnison County on Denver and Rio 
< rrande Railroad; altitude, 7,245 feet. 
Sarcillo; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory 
River. Spanish Peaks. 
Sarcillo; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and 
Wyoming Railway; altitude, 6,689 feet. 
Sargent; post village in Saguache County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, s, 467 feet. 
