PROSECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 2, SPECIAL ORDERS
No. 109, WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 18, 1871, AND LETTER
OF INSTRUCTIONS OF
MARCH 23, 1871,
FROM
CHIEF OF
ENGINEERS.
CONDUCTED UNDER THE IMMEDIATE DIRECTION OF
1st Lieut.
GEORGE M. WHEELER, Corps of Engineers.
Note: This online version does
not contain the U.S. Engineer Department map, "Explorations and Surveys South
of Central Pacific R. R., War Department, Preliminary Topographical
Map...1871." This map is currently available only with the printed version.
Contents
- 1. CHAPTER I.
- 1.1. RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO. 1, AT HALLECK STATION, NEVADA, TO RENDEZVOUS CAMP
NO. 2, NEAR BELMONT, NEVADA.
- 1.2. RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO. 2, NEAR BELMONT, NEVADA, TO RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO.
3, AT CAMP INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA.
- 1.3. RENDEZVOUS NO. 3, CAMP INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA, TO NO. 4, AT
COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, NEVADA.
- 1.4. RENDEZVOUS NO. 4, COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, NEVADA, TO TRUXTON SPRINGS,
ARIZONA TERRITORY, RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO. 5.
- 1.5. FROM RENDEZVOUS NO. 5 TO RENDEZVOUS NO. 6, PRESCOTT, ARRIZONA
TERRITORY.
- 1.6. RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO. 6 TO RENDEZVOUS NO. 7, AT CAMP APACHE, ARIZONA
TERRITORY.
- 1.7. RENDEZVOUS NO. 7, TO FINAL RENDEZVOUS CAMP NO. 8, AT CAMP LOWELL,
TUCSON, ARIZONA TERRITORY.
- 2. CHAPTER II.
- 2.1. ASTRONOMICAL.
- 2.2. TOPOGRAPHICAL.
- 2.3. PHYSICO-GEOGRAPHICAL.
- 2.4. METEOROLOGICAL.
- 2.5. GEOLOGICAL.
- 2.6. NATURAL HISTORY.
- 2.7. MINERALOGY.
- 2.8. MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS.
- 2.9. PHOTOGRAPHS.
- 2.10. MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
- 2.11. INDIANS.
- 2.12. SITES FOR MILITARY POSTS.
- 2.13. INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE.
- 2.14. AGRICULTURAL AND GRAZING LANDS.
- 2.15. MINES.
- 2.16. DISTRICTS IN NEVADA.
- 2.17. BULL RUN DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.18. COPE DISTRICT, NEVADA.†
From notes furnished by Mr. F. R.
Simonton.
- 2.19. LONE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.20. TUSCARORA DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. L.
Gilbert.
- 2.21. RAILROAD DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.22. MINERAL HILL DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.23. DIAMOND DISTRICT, NEVADA. (Visited by a topographical party. Results
from a few scattering notes.)
- 2.24. RACINE DISTRICT, NEVADA. (From scattering notes by a topographical
party.)
- 2.25. EUREKA DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.26. SIERRA OR SECRET CAñON DISTRICT, NEVADA. (Notes from a topographical
party.)
- 2.27. PINTO DISTRICT, NEVADA. (Notes from a topographical party.)
- 2.28. MOREY DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.29. WHITE PINE DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.30. SPRING VALLEY DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.31. ANTELOPE DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.32. HOT CREEK AND EMPIRE DISTRICTS.
- 2.33. RATTLESNAKE CAñON DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.34. TYBOE DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.35. BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.36. YANKEE BLADE DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.37. REESE RIVER DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.38. KINGSTON DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.39. NORTH TWIN RIVER DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.40. TWIN RIVER DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.41. JEFFERSON DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.42. MANHATTAN DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.43. MOUNTAIN CHIEF DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.44. SILVER BEND DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.45. REVEILLE DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.46. FREIBERG DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.47. ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.48. HIGHLAND DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.49. BLIND MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.50. CEDAR DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.51. PAHRANAGAT LAKE DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.52. TIM-PAH-UTE DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.53. GROOM DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.54. SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT, NEVADA.†
From notes furnished by Mr. F. R.
Simonton.
- 2.55. WAUCOVA DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.56. SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT, NEVADA.‡
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.57. MONTEZUMA DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman. (Camp in Big Smoky Valley, July 7, 1871.)
- 2.58. BLIND SPRING DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.59. ALIDA DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.60. GOLD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.61. PALMETTO DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.62. GREEN MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.63. COLUMBUS DISTRICT, NEVADA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.64. ONEATA DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.65. MONTGOMERY DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Dr. W. J.
Hoffman.
- 2.66. SILVER PEAK AND RED MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, NEVADA.†
From notes furnished by Lieutennt D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.67. DEEP SPRING VALLEY DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. F.
Klett.
- 2.68. FISH SPRING DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D.A.
Lyle.
- 2.69. KEARSARGE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.70. SAN CARLOS DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.71. LONE PINE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.72. COSO DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.73. GRANITE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.74. TELESCOPE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.75. LYONS DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.76. DEATH VALLEY DiSTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
- 2.77. EL PASO DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. A. R.
Marvine.
- 2.78. AMARGOSA MINES, CALIFORNIA.*
From notes furnished by Mr. A. R.
Marvine.
- 2.79. TIMBER MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, NEVADA.
- 2.80. YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, NEVADA.†
From notes furnished by Mr. G. K.
Gilbert.
- 2.81. CLARKE DISTRICT.
- 2.82. NEW YORK DISTRICT, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.
- 2.83. HUALAPAIS DISTRICT, ARIZONA.
- 2.84. MAYNARD DISTRICT, ARIZONA.
- 2.85. MINES IN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.86. TIGER DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.87. PINE GROVE DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.88. BRADSHAW DISTR1CT, ARIZONIA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.89. TURKEY CREEK DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.90. WEAVER DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.91. WALNTUT GROVE DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.92. HASSYAMPA DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.93. MARTINEZ DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.94. SANTA MARIA DISTRICT, ARIZONA.*
From notes furnished by Lieutenant D. A.
Lyle.
- 2.95. VULTURE MINE, ARIZONA.
- 2.96. MINES IN THE PINAL MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA.
- 2.97. MAPS.
- 2.98. CONCLUSION.
- 3. APPENDIX A. REPORT OF DANIEL W. LOCKWOOD, FIRST LIEUTENANT OF
ENGINEERS.
- 4. FROM TRUXTON SPRING TO PRESCOTT.
- 5. PRESCOTT TO CAMP APACHE.
- 6. AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
- 7. GRAZING-LANDS.
- 8. WOOD-LANDS.
- 9. MINERAL LANDS AND MINES.
- 10. NATURAL HISTORY.
- 11. GEOLOGY.
- 12. METEOROLOGY.
- 13. MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, ROUTES FOR ROADS, ETC.
- 14. INDIANS.
- 15. APPENDIX B. Report of Second Lieutenant D. A. Lyle, Second United
States Artillery.
- 15.1. FROM BELMONT, NEVADA, TO CAMP INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA.
- 15.2. FROM CAMP INDEPENDENCE TO GOLD MOUNTAIN AND RETURN.
- 15.3. FROM CAMP INDEPENDENCE TO COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, NEVADA.
- 15.4. FROM COTTONWOOD SPRINGS TO SAINT THOMAS, NEVADA.
- 15.5. FROM SAINT GEORGE TO THE CROSSING OF THE COLORADO.
- 15.6. FROM TRUXTON SPRINGS TO PRESCOTT, VIA CAMP DATE CREEK AND BRAD-SHAW
MOUNTAINS.
- 15.7. FROM PRESCOTT, ARIZONA TERRITORY, TO TUCSON, ARIZONA TERRITORY, VIA
CAMP APACHE.
- 15.8. RECAPITULATION.
- 15.9. VALLEYS.
- 15.10. MOUNTAINS.
- 15.11. INDIANS.
- 15.12. AGRICULTURAL LANDS
- 15.13. GRAZING LANDS.
- 15.14. MINING DISTRICTS.
- 15.15. MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
- 15.16. REMARKS.
- 16. APPENDIX C. REPORT OF EDWARD P. AUSTIN, ASTRONOMICAL
ASSISTANT.
- 17. APPENDIX D. REPORT OF G. K. GILBERT, GEOLOGICAL ASSISTANT.
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