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Show APPENDIX J J. ANNUAL EEPORT OF LIEUTENANT GEORGE M. WHEELER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE FISOAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,1876. GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY8 WEST OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH MERIDIAN, IN CALIFORNIA. NEVADA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, AND MONTANA. CONTENTS. REPORT. • Page. Summary of field and office operations 1 Personnel , 4 Astronomical 5 Geodetic and topographical 6 Triangulation- map to face 35 Routes of communication 36 Progress- map '. 37 Itinerary * 37 Natural resources 40 Barometric hypsometry 46 Natural history, ( including geology, paleontology, mining- information, economic botany and agriculture, zoology, ethnology, and philology) 47 Publications 70 Diversion of the Colorado River 70 Summarized history of survey 77 Conclusion 78 Estimates - 79 APPENDIXES. A.- Executive and descriptive report of Lieut. William L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers 80 B.- Executive and descriptive report of Lieut. Eric Bergland, Corps of Engineers 109 C.- Executive report of Lieut. W. L. Carpenter, Ninth Infantry 126 D.- Executive report of Lieut. R. Birnie, jr., Thirteenth Infantry 130 E.- Executive and descriptive report of Lieut. C. C. Morrison, Sixth Cavalry... 136 P.- Executive report of Lieut. C. W. Whipple, Ordnance Corps 147 G 1.- Barometric hypsometry, field- season of 1875, by Lieut. W. L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers 150 G 2.- Report on the meteorological conditions of the Mohave Desert, by Dr. Oscar Loew 152 H 1.- Report on the geology of a portion of Southern California, by Prof. Jules Marcou 158 H 2.- Report on the geological and mineralogical character of Southeastern California and adjacent regions, by Dr. Oscar Loew 173 H 3.- Report on the alkaline lakes, thermal springs, mineral springs, and brackish waters of Southern California and adjacent country, by Dr. O. Loew 188 H 4.- Report on the geology of the mountain ranges from LaYeta Pass to the head of the Pecos, by Mr. A. R. Conkling 199 H 5.- Report upon the operations of a special natural history party and main-fiejd party No. 1, California section, field- season of 1875, being the results of observations upon the economic botany and agriculture of portions of Southern California, by Dr. J. T. Roth rock, acting assistant surgeon, United States Army 202 H 6.- Report on the physical and agricultural features of Southern California, and especially of the Mohave Desert, by Dr. O. Loew 214 H 7.- Report on the geographical distribution of vegetation in the Mohave Desert, by Dr. O. Loew 222 H 8.- Report on the ornithology of the portions of California visited during the field- season of 1875, by H. W. Henshaw, ornithologist 224 |