National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = MARCH 18, 2001 CF0273 *********************************************************************** CF0273 DESIGNATION - BIG HATCHET CF0273 PID - CF0273 CF0273 STATE/COUNTY- NM/HIDALGO CF0273 USGS QUAD - BIG HATCHET PEAK (1982) CF0273 CF0273 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL CF0273 ___________________________________________________________________ CF0273* NAD 83(1992)- 31 38 07.38990(N) 108 23 55.48393(W) ADJUSTED CF0273* NAVD 88 - 2551. (meters) 8369. (feet) SCALED CF0273 ___________________________________________________________________ CF0273 LAPLACE CORR- 5.26 (seconds) DEFLEC99 CF0273 GEOID HEIGHT- -25.43 (meters) GEOID99 CF0273 CF0273 HORZ ORDER - FIRST CF0273 CF0273.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods CF0273.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1993. CF0273 CF0273.The orthometric height was scaled from a topographic map. CF0273 CF0273.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. CF0273 CF0273.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. CF0273 CF0273; North East Units Scale Converg. CF0273;SPC NM W - 70,581.335 776,366.154 MT 0.99995213 -0 17 47.7 CF0273;UTM 12 - 3,502,960.841 746,708.127 MT 1.00035074 +1 21 54.3 CF0273 CF0273: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az CF0273:SPC NM W - BIG HATCHET AZ MK 084 55 02.8 CF0273:UTM 12 - BIG HATCHET AZ MK 083 15 20.8 CF0273 CF0273|---------------------------------------------------------------------| CF0273| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | CF0273| dddmmss.s | CF0273| BIG HATCHET RM 1 9.819 METERS 04055 | CF0273| BIG HATCHET AZ MK 0843715.1 | CF0273| CF0274 BIG HATCHET 3.297 METERS 17745 | CF0273|---------------------------------------------------------------------| CF0273 CF0273 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL CF0273 CF0273 NAD 83(1992)- 31 38 07.38927(N) 108 23 55.48386(W) AD( ) 1 CF0273 NAD 83(1986)- 31 38 07.39428(N) 108 23 55.48034(W) AD( ) 1 CF0273 NAD 27 - 31 38 07.02600(N) 108 23 53.33700(W) AD( ) 1 CF0273 CF0273.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. CF0273.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. CF0273.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. CF0273 CF0273_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK CF0273_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP CF0273 CF0273 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By CF0273 HISTORY - 1938 MONUMENTED CGS CF0273 CF0273 STATION DESCRIPTION CF0273 CF0273'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (FGJ) CF0273'STATION IS LOCATED ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE BIG HATCHET CF0273'MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 20 MILES S OF HACHITA. THE PEAK IS THE SUMMIT CF0273'OF THE LIMESTONE RIDGE RUNNING N AND S AND HAS ABOUT 2000 FEET CF0273'PRECIPITOUS BLUFFS ON THE W SIDE. CF0273' CF0273'STATION AND AZIMUTH MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET IN CF0273'OUTCROPPING BEDROCK. REFERENCE CF0273'MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK SET IN A BOULDER AS CF0273'DESCRIBED. CF0273' CF0273'TO REACH FROM HACHITA GO E FROM DEPOT 0.25 MILE. TURN RIGHT CF0273'AT SIGN HATCHET SIDE CCC CAMP 20 MILES, GO S 1.25 MILES CF0273'CROSS CATTLE GUARD AND TAKE RIGHT FORK. FOLLOW MAIN TRAVELED CF0273'GRADED ROAD 18.85 MILES TO FORK. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, S, CF0273'4.1 MILES TO FORK, LEFT, LEADING TO CCC CAMP. KEEP STRAIGHT CF0273'AHEAD ON RIGHT FORK FOR 0.2 MILE AND TURN LEFT OFF GRADED ROAD. CF0273'GO 0.2 MILE, GOING THROUGH THE CORRALS S OF THE CCC CAMP YARD. CF0273'GO E ON TRACK ROAD 0.35 MILE TO A LOCK GATE THAT CAN BE LIFTED CF0273'OFF OF ITS HINGES. GO THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE ON TRACK CF0273'ROAD GOING S AND E 0.65 MILE TO WINDMILL AND EARTH TANK. CF0273'FROM HERE THERE IS A VERY DIM TRACK ROAD GOING E TOWARD THE CF0273'LARGE VALLEY JUST N OF THE STATION PEAK AND THE NEXT PEAK CF0273'TO THE N. IF POSSIBLE FOLLOW THE DIM ROAD E, CROSSING CF0273'SEVERAL SMALL WASHES GOING TO THE RIGHT, ABOUT 0.5 MILE E CF0273'OF THE WINDMILL. CONTINUE E ON THE S SIDE OF THE MAIN WASH AND CF0273'ENTER THE LARGE VALLEY WHERE THE ROAD IS MORE DEFINED. THEN CF0273'FOLLOW THE ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ABOUT 3.8 MILES CF0273'FROM THE WINDMILL. THIS OLD ROAD CONNECTS WITH A TRAIL CF0273'THAT LEADS TO THE SMALL SADDLE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PEAK CF0273'WITH BARE LIMESTONE FACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE LOWEST SADDLE CF0273'AT THE HEAD OF THE VALLEY. THE TRAIL HAS NOT BEEN USED CF0273'IN MANY YEARS AND IT CANNOT BE LOCATED UNTIL ALMOST TO A CF0273'SMALL LEDGE. FROM THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL ON THE RIDGE CF0273'RUNNING DOWN THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY, PACK E ALONG THE SAME CF0273'RIDGE A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN CROSS THE WASH TO THE LEFT AND CF0273'FOLLOW ALONG THE S SLOPE OF THE RIDGE COMING DOWN THE CF0273'HIGHEST POINT OF THE PEAK WITH THE LIMESTONE FACE AT THE CF0273'HEAD OF THE VALLEY, CLIMBING ENOUGH TO FIND THE TRAIL AT CF0273'THE HEAD OF THE WASH ON THE RIGHT WHICH IS BLOCKED WITH A SMALL CF0273'ROCK CLIFF WHICH SLOPES UPWARD AND RIGHT. THERE IS A TWO-FOOT CF0273'HOLE WEATHERED IN ITS FACE AND THE TRAIL IS ON TOP OF THE CF0273'CLIFF. FOLLOW THE TRAIL TO THE TOP OF THE RIDGE, THEN GO CF0273'RIGHT ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP TRAIL TO THE TOP OF THE MAIN CF0273'E-W RIDGE LEADING TO THE STATION. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ON THE CF0273'FIRST SMALL KNOLL REACHED ON THIS RIDGE. CONTINUE W TO THE CF0273'HIGHEST POINT AND STATION. A 4 HOUR PACK. CF0273' CF0273'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD USGS MARK SET IN ROCK CF0273'OUTCROP, S OF THE STATION. CF0273' CF0273'THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO THE STATION THAN CF0273'THAT DESCRIBED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY IN 1935.