Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855)
United States. War Department, author · Washington [D.C.] : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer · leaf 254
or as often as the water failed or became very low. The soil for the whole depth of the well consisted entirely of fine, bluish clay, with a little sand. The surface of the ground was nearly level and floor-like, and extended from the base of the sand-drifts to the mountain, intersecting the rocky… … SAN GORGON 0 MOUNTAIN, FROM DEEP WELL. The peak of San Grorgono rises in the back ground, the pass being on the right, over the line of sand-hills in the foreground. We encamped, and before the mules were satisfied with water, it was all exhausted. It oozed
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