National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JULY 30, 1997 KL0637 *********************************************************************** KL0637 DESIGNATION - MOUNT ELBERT KL0637 PID - KL0637 KL0637 STATE/COUNTY- CO/LAKE KL0637 USGS QUAD - MOUNT ELBERT (1982) KL0637 KL0637 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL KL0637 ___________________________________________________________________ KL0637* NAD 83(1992)- 39 07 03.90271(N) 106 26 43.29022(W) ADJUSTED KL0637* NAVD 88 - 4401.2 (meters) 14440. (feet) VERTCON KL0637 ___________________________________________________________________ KL0637 LAPLACE CORR- -7.70 (seconds) DEFLEC96 KL0637 GEOID HEIGHT- -13.20 (meters) GEOID96 KL0637 KL0637 HORZ ORDER - FIRST KL0637 KL0637 KL0637 KL0637.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods KL0637.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in January 1993. KL0637 KL0637.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to KL0637.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) KL0637 KL0637.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC96 derived deflections. KL0637 KL0637.The geoid height was determined by GEOID96. KL0637 KL0637; North East Units Scale Converg. KL0637;SPC CO C - 1,469,175.59 2,731,790.64 sFT 0.99993595 -0 35 46.4 KL0637;SPC CO C - 447,805.616 832,651.451 MT 0.99993595 -0 35 46.4 KL0637;UTM 13 - 4,330,838.100 375,048.857 MT 0.99979224 -0 54 43.3 KL0637 KL0637: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az KL0637:SPC CO C - MOUNT ELBERT AZ MK 200 24 34.9 KL0637:UTM 13 - MOUNT ELBERT AZ MK 200 43 31.8 KL0637 KL0637|---------------------------------------------------------------------| KL0637| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | KL0637| dddmmss.s | KL0637| MOUNT ELBERT RM 1 21.578 METERS 03544 | KL0637| JL0654 BUFFALO PEAK APPROX.31.0 KM 1164005.4 | KL0637| JL0664 MOUNT HARVARD CAIRN APPROX.24.0 KM 1531634.0 | KL0637| JL0665 MOUNT YALE APPROX.32.4 KM 1592306.0 | KL0637| MOUNT ELBERT RM 2 10.236 METERS 19212 | KL0637| MOUNT ELBERT AZ MK 1994848.5 | KL0637| MOUNT ELBERT RM 26425 | KL0637| KL0688 CAPITOL PK APPROX.55.2 KM 2735648.7 | KL0637| KL0640 MOUNT MASSIVE CAIRN APPROX. 8.2 KM 3411722.6 | KL0637| KL0647 MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS CAIRN APPROX.38.9 KM 3552317.3 | KL0637| KL0638 GALENA MTN APPROX.13.8 KM 3560104.8 | KL0637|---------------------------------------------------------------------| KL0637 KL0637 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL KL0637 KL0637 NAD 83(1986)- 39 07 03.89548(N) 106 26 43.29358(W) ADJUSTED KL0637 NAD 27 - 39 07 03.92600(N) 106 26 41.19800(W) ADJUSTED KL0637 NGVD 29 - 4399.2 (meters) 14433. (feet) VERT ANG KL0637 KL0637.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. KL0637.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. KL0637.See file format.dat to determine how the superseded data were derived. KL0637 KL0637_MARKER: B = BOLT KL0637_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER KL0637 KL0637 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By KL0637 HISTORY - 1894 MONUMENTED CGS KL0637 HISTORY - 1935 GOOD CGS KL0637 HISTORY - 1953 GOOD CGS KL0637 KL0637 STATION DESCRIPTION KL0637 KL0637'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1894 (PAW) KL0637'ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ELBERT, ABOUT 7 MILES BY TRAIL FROM KL0637'THE TOWN OF TWIN LAKES (ALSO CALLED DAYTON). THE STATION KL0637'IS MARKED BY A COPPER BOLT LEADED INTO A DRILL HOLE IN A KL0637'LARGE SURFACE ROCK. IT IS ALSO MARKED, 5 INCHES ABOVE THE KL0637'BOLT, BY A DRILL HOLE IN A ROCK EMBEDDED IN A 5-INCH LAYER KL0637'OF MASONRY BUILT BETWEEN THE BASES OF THE THREE SMALL BRICK KL0637'PIERS USED IN MOUNTING THE INSTRUMENT. AT A DISTANCE OF KL0637'5 FEET IN EACH OF THE DIRECTIONS NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, A ND KL0637'WEST IS A REFERENCE STONE MARKED WITH A DRILL HOLE. THE KL0637'STATION IS NEARLY SURROUNDED BY A SQUARE ROCK WALL. KL0637 KL0637 STATION RECOVERY (1935) KL0637 KL0637'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 KL0637'STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ELBERT, ABOUT 7 KL0637'MILES AIRLINE FROM THE VILLAGE OF TWIN LAKES. THE STATION KL0637'CONSISTS OF A HALF-INCH COPPER BOLT SET IN A BOULDER AND KL0637'HELD IN PLACE BY LEAD. IT IS ABOUT 10 METERS NORTH-NORTHEAST KL0637'OF A CIRCULAR ROCK WALL ABOUT 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. THE ENTIRE KL0637'STATION STATION HILL CONSISTS OF LOOSE BOULDERS AND THERE KL0637'IS NO VEGETATION OF ANY KIND ON IT. THE STATION WAS RECOVERED KL0637'IN GOOD CONDITION. KL0637' KL0637'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS NORTH OF THE STATION. KL0637'IT IS A NEW MARK AND IS STAMPED MOUNT ELBERT KL0637'1935. KL0637' KL0637'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SOUTH OF THE STATION. KL0637'IT IS A NEW MARK AND IS STAMPED MOUNT ELBERT KL0637'1935. KL0637' KL0637'AZIMUTH MARK IS SOUTH OF THE STATION ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE KL0637'ROCKY SLOPE THAT LEADS TO SOUTH ELBERT AND IS ACCORDING TO KL0637'NOTE 12A. IT IS BY A LARGE ROCK CAIRN, IS A NEW MARK AND KL0637'IS STAMPED MOUNT ELBERT 1935. KL0637' KL0637'FOR THE BEST ROUTE TO THE SUMMIT, THE FOREST RANGER IN LEADVILLE KL0637'FOR SOME RELIABLE RESIDENT IN TWIN LAKES SHOULD BE CONSULTED. KL0637' KL0637'THIS STATION WAS NOT RE-MARKED AS TO DO SO WOULD REQUIRE THE KL0637'REMOVAL OF A LEAST A CUBIC YARD OF LOOSE ROCK AND AN EXTRA KL0637'PACK TRAIN TO CARRY UP BUILDING MATERIAL. AT THIS SEASON KL0637'OF THE YEAR PACK ANIMALS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. KL0637' KL0637'DUE TO THEIR LOCATION, IT WAS IMPRACTICAL TO MEASURE BETWEEN KL0637'REFERENCE MARKS. KL0637 KL0637 STATION RECOVERY (1953) KL0637 KL0637'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (RLE) KL0637'THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, REFERENCE MARK NO. KL0637'2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. KL0637'A NEW AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. KL0637' KL0637'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ELBERT, ABOUT KL0637'7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF TWIN LAKES, 30 KL0637'FEET NORTHEAST OF A CIRCLE OF ROCKS ABOUT 12 FEET IN DIAMETER KL0637'AND ABOUT 2 FEET HIGH. THE STATION IS MARKED BY A COPPER KL0637'BOLT 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER THAT IS LEADED IN A DRILL HOLE KL0637'IN A LARGE BOULDER AND PROJECTING 1 INCH. KL0637' KL0637'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS IN THE CENTER OF A NORTH-SOUTH RIDGE KL0637'ABOUT 3-1/2 FEET BELOW STATION ELEVATION, SET FLUSH IN A DRILL KL0637'HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND IS STAMPED MT ELBERT NO 1 KL0637'1935. KL0637' KL0637'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS 12 FEET EAST OF A CIRCLE OF ROCKS, KL0637'SET FLUSH IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK ABOUT 2 FEET KL0637'BELOW STATION ELEVATION AND IS STAMPED MT ELBERT NO 2 1935. KL0637' KL0637'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE ROCKY SLOPE THAT KL0637'LEADS TO SOUTH ELBERT, 7 FEET NORTHEAST OF A CAIRN, SET FLUSH KL0637'IN A DRILL HOLE IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK AND IS STAMPED MT ELBERT KL0637'1935. KL0637' KL0637'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN LEADVILLE, KL0637'(JEEP TRAVEL), GO SOUTH ON U.S. 24 FOR 4.1 MILES TO A GRAVELED KL0637'ROAD RIGHT AND SIGN TROUT HATCHERY, TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW KL0637'GRAVELED ROAD WEST FOR 0.8 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT AND KL0637'SIGN HALF MOON PICNIC GROUNDS, HERE TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH KL0637'FOR 1.2 MILES TO A POINT WHERE THE MAIN ROAD TURNS RIGHT AND KL0637'A TRACK ROAD CONTINUES STRAIGHT AHEAD, LEAVE THE MAIN ROAD KL0637'AND FOLLOW THE TRACK ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO A GATE, PASS THROUGH KL0637'THE GATE AND FOLLOW A FENCE LINE FOR 0.1 MILE TO A FORK, KL0637'KEEP THE RIGHT FORK FOR 0.4 MILE TO A GATE, PASS THROUGH KL0637'GATE AND FOLLOW A TRACK ROAD FOR 2.3 MILES TO A FORK, HERE KL0637'CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE MAIN TRACK ROAD FOR 1.2 KL0637'MILES TO A FORK AND A TRIANGLE BLAZED 8 INCH PINE TREE, KL0637'KEEP THE RIGHT FORK FOR 1.6 MILES TO A PLANK ROAD ACROSS KL0637'A SWAMP AND AN OLD BRICK KILN ON THE LEFT, CROSS THE KL0637'PLANK ROAD THROUGH A SMALL STREAM FOR 1.1 MILES TO KL0637'FORK AND A TRIANGLE BLAZED SMALL PINE TREE, KEEP THE RIGHT KL0637'FORK FOR 0.7 MILE TO A CLEARING, PASS THROUGH THE KL0637'CLEARING AND FOLLOW A BLAZED TRAIL TRACK FOR ABOUT 100 FEET KL0637'TO T JUNCTION WITH ANOTHER TRACK ROAD, HERE TURN RIGHT KL0637'AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A CLEARING, BEAR LEFT DOWN AN INCLINE KL0637'AND CROSS A SMALL STREAM, CONTINUE UP THROUGH THE TIMBER KL0637'FOR 0.1 MILE ON A TRACK ROAD TO A CLEARING, TURN RIGHT KL0637'AND FOLLOW ALONG THE TIMBER LINE THROUGH STUMPS AND DOWN KL0637'TIMBER FOR ABOUT 0.25 MILE TO A TRIANGLE BLAZED PINE KL0637'TREE, HERE FOLLOW BLAZES FOR 1.0 MILE TO AN OLD LARGE TREE THAT KL0637'LEANS OVER THE ROAD, PASS UNDER THE TREE AND CONTINUE AHEAD KL0637'FOR 0.1 MILE TO A SIGN MT ELBERT 2-WATER 1/2 IN, HERE KL0637'FOLLOW A TRAIL MARKED BY CAIRNS FOR 0.8 MILE ALONG AN EAST-WEST KL0637'RIDGE TO A SADDLE AND A ROCKY KNOLL. THIS IS THE END OF JEEP KL0637'TRAVEL. FROM THIS POINT PACK ON A WELL MARKED TRAIL TO KL0637'THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ELBERT AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED. KL0637'THIS IS A 2-1/2 HOUR PACK. KL0637' KL0637'TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION GO SOUTH DOWN THE KL0637'RIDGE TOWARD SOUTH ELBERT FOR ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO A LARGE CAIRN KL0637'AND THE AZIMUTH MARK AS DESCRIBED.