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Show APPENDIX NN. 1245 From Deai- Horse Well to Ellsworth, Nev.- Atlas- sheets Xos. 57 A and 57 B. I> ead- Horse Well Hot Si Old Well Sammit .. Ellsworth Distance in miles. if r 10.65 15.38 a 30 3.50 I* ! 3 25.97 34.87 37.77 ! 37.77 97.18 11.80 3.50 4,117 4, SIS 7,609 0,871 Remarks. Good water; no wood orgraz* tag. Water; salt grass: no wood. Not uaed; no wood and little fmber; little grazing. Mining town; wood, water, and forage. Dead- Horse Well was a station on tbe Wellington stage road from Walker River to Reese River; it la also on the diroot road from Wadsworth to Bellville, and from Mason Valley to Bellrille, 50 mile* from the latter. PROGRESS MAP, The changes noted on this sheet are, in addition to the marking of areas occupied and proposed for the season of 1877, and the stage of prosecution of map results, the positions of the present Indian agencies, the naming of railroads, and an addition of practical data showing the changes in lines of communication, military posts, & c, within the year. The short season rendered it impracticable to add so large an area as usual to that already covered in previous years by the several topographical parties, and my own time was spent principally with the party operating in the Lake Tahoe region and in the Washoe miniug district, after concluding the organization of the Colorado section. The immediate vicinity of Lake Tahoe has been so often described, and the later maps will afford so much that is an improvement to the present idea of its mountain picturesqueness, that I need only add my regret that the spoliation of the forests along its shores has become so rapid, in aid of the mines of the Oomstock, that shortly the horizon from lake- level will be bare of the covering that has lent so much to the natural beauty of this peculiarly interesting region. Indeed, could the title of the Government be again made perfect to this part of its domain, one might be justified in recommending its segregation from the " public lands, 77 that the natural beauty of the forest might be permanently reserved as a part of a lake region so unique. PROFILES. The aneroid profiles joining most of the poiuts of importance within and immediately adjacent to the field of survey have been prepared, and have become a matter of office record. A special profile- map of the continental divide from Gray's Peak, Colorado, to latitude 35° in New Mexico, has been prepared, showing the elevations of the prominent peaks and passes, and upon it is projected the profile of the ridges facing the plains from the head of the Arkansas southward to the latitude above mentioned. As the passes leading westward and lying between Gray's Peak and Sherman, the highest point on the Union Pacific Railroad, ( 8,242 feet,) are known to be each of greater elevation than those necessary to be crossed, as shown by the sketch, in going southward until near latitude 35c, it appears that any through railroad route to the Pacific, south of * ie Union Pacific Railroad, will necessarily encounter elevations equal those given. |
