Report of the Surveyor General of the State of California (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...for about a mile; thence runs southerly. The remaining portion of the line, to wit: 41.29 chains to latitude 35 N., is in the river. On 613th Mile. 29 96 To the intersection of north latitude 35 with middle of the channel of the Colorado River, at longitude 114 37' 53."5 west from Greenwich. From north latitude 39 to the center of the channel of the Colorado River, at latitude 35, the total measured distance is 405 miles 26.52 chains; calculated distance is 405 miles 5.73 chains; difference, 20.79 chains. Total distance from Oregon to the Colorado River is 612 miles 24.96 chains. Field Notes Connecting my Random Line with True Line at the Colorado River. I found my observatory station on random line on right bank of the Colorado River to be in latitude 35 01' 53."43 north, longitude 11436'45."45 west from Greenwich. From which--Flagstaff, Camp Mojave, bears N. 59 15' E.; Sharp Peak, east of Colorado River, bears N. 79 50' E.; Black Peak bears S. 60 30' W.; Rock, on straight edge on low mountain, bears N. 66 19' W.; Great Thumb bears S. 73 40' E. From this point to reach latitude 35 N. at a point due south the difference is 0 01' 53."43=173.75 chains. I therefore ran as follows (var. 14" 45' E.): West 17.46 chains; thence South 20.28 chains to shore of Colorado River; thence West 14.93 chains; thence South 10.13 chains to river; thence West 52.32 chains; thence South 30.33 chains to river; thence West 29.86 chains to a slough; thence 34.55 chains across slough; thence 44.13 chains to bluff; thence South 113.01 chains to 35th degree north latitude. Making the total from observatory station on random line, southing, 173.75 chains; westing, 128.74 chains. At this point set a cottonwood post, 6 feet by 6 inches by 6 inches, marked on N. ...