National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = JUNE 7, 2003 MT0738 *********************************************************************** MT0738 DESIGNATION - PILOT PEAK MT0738 PID - MT0738 MT0738 STATE/COUNTY- NV/ELKO MT0738 USGS QUAD - PILOT PEAK (1967) MT0738 MT0738 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL MT0738 ___________________________________________________________________ MT0738* NAD 83(1994)- 41 01 16.04147(N) 114 04 38.61012(W) ADJUSTED MT0738* NAVD 88 - 3267.6 (meters) 10720. (feet) VERTCON MT0738 ___________________________________________________________________ MT0738 LAPLACE CORR- -1.21 (seconds) DEFLEC99 MT0738 GEOID HEIGHT- -17.32 (meters) GEOID99 MT0738 MT0738 HORZ ORDER - FIRST MT0738 MT0738.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods MT0738.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1998. MT0738 MT0738.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to MT0738.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) MT0738 MT0738.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. MT0738 MT0738.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. MT0738 MT0738; North East Units Scale Converg. MT0738;SPC NV E - 8,697,083.675 326,651.603 MT 1.00009736 +0 59 18.7 MT0738;SPC UT N - 1,079,592.907 283,259.322 MT 0.99996483 -1 41 57.9 MT0738;SPC UT C - 2,301,542.755 283,225.304 MT 1.00011354 -1 39 03.7 MT0738;UTM 11 - 4,545,217.260 745,732.295 MT 1.00034326 +1 55 09.0 MT0738;UTM 12 - 4,545,664.972 241,251.843 MT 1.00042409 -2 01 15.3 MT0738 MT0738: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az MT0738:SPC NV E - SILVER 106 35 19.4 MT0738:SPC UT N - SILVER 109 16 36.0 MT0738:SPC UT C - SILVER 109 13 41.8 MT0738:UTM 11 - SILVER 105 39 29.1 MT0738:UTM 12 - SILVER 109 35 53.4 MT0738 MT0738|---------------------------------------------------------------------| MT0738| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | MT0738| dddmmss.s | MT0738| MT0739 PILOT PEAK AZ MK APPROX. 2.3 KM 0123334.7 | MT0738| MS0772 DESERT PEAK CAIRN APPROX.62.3 KM 0724053.8 | MT0738| DD5640 PILOT PEAK RM 5 10.212 METERS 08718 | MT0738| DD5639 PILOT PEAK AZ MK 2 1033734.3 | MT0738| LP0582 SILVER APPROX.25.4 KM 1073438.1 | MT0738| LP0581 EAST PENINSULA PEAK APPROX.24.6 KM 1210149.0 | MT0738| LP0515 SAN FRANCIS SALT LK AWY BN 55 APPROX.60.8 KM 1221645.6 | MT0738| LP0579 SAN FRANCIS SALT LK AWY BN 53 APPROX.41.9 KM 1392914.8 | MT0738| LP0583 WEST PENINSULA PEAK APPROX.25.1 KM 1454044.1 | MT0738| DD5641 PILOT PEAK RM 6 5.893 METERS 16842 | MT0738| LQ0626 SAN FRAN SALT LK AWY BCN 49 B APPROX.35.9 KM 2383000.4 | MT0738|---------------------------------------------------------------------| MT0738 MT0738 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL MT0738 MT0738 NAD 83(1994)- 41 01 16.04142(N) 114 04 38.61005(W) AD( ) 1 MT0738 NAD 83(1986)- 41 01 16.03526(N) 114 04 38.60462(W) AD( ) 1 MT0738 NAD 27 - 41 01 16.30400(N) 114 04 35.56553(W) AD( ) 1 MT0738 NGVD 29 - 3266.4 (m) 10717. (f) VERT ANG MT0738 MT0738.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. MT0738.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. MT0738.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. MT0738 MT0738_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11TQF4573245217(NAD 83) MT0738_MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION MT0738_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT MT0738 MT0738 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By MT0738 HISTORY - 1889 MONUMENTED CGS MT0738 HISTORY - 1940 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS MT0738 HISTORY - 1967 GOOD USGS MT0738 MT0738 STATION DESCRIPTION MT0738 MT0738'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1889 (WE) MT0738'STATION IS ON PILOT PEAK, THE HIGHEST PEAK OF A PROMINENT RANGE MT0738'OF MOUNTAINS, BORDERING THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT ON THE W, MT0738'ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE SUMMIT AT THE JUNCTION POINT OF THE MT0738'THREE MAIN SPURS OF THE PEAK. THE PEAK IS VERY RUGGED AND MT0738'ROCKY AND IS ALMOST INACCESSIBLE. THE STATION IS MARKED BY A MT0738'COPPER BOLT IN A DRILL HOLE IN SOLID ROCK. IT IS ALSO MARKED MT0738'ABOUT 10 INCHES ABOVE THE BOLT BY A DRILL HOLE IN A FLAT STONE, MT0738'EMBEDDED IN THE MASONRY BUILT BETWEEN THE BASES OF THREE SMALL MT0738'PIERS USED FOR MOUNTING THE INSTRUMENT. THE STATION IS MT0738'NEARLY SURROUNDED BY A RING WALL OF ROCKS, ABOUT 4-1/2 FEET MT0738'HIGH, WITH AN INNER DIAMETER OF 11 FEET. FOUR REFERENCE MT0738'MARKS, EACH A DRILL HOLE IN SOLID ROCK, FILLED WITH LEAD, ARE MT0738'JUST OUTSIDE THE WALL AT THE FOLLOWING DISTANCES AND MT0738'AZIMUTHS FROM THE STATION--2.95 METERS (9.8 FEET), 47 DEG 36 MIN, MT0738'2.73 METERS (9.0 FEET), 123 DEG 29 MIN, 267 METERS (8.8 FEET), MT0738'189 DEG 13 MIN, AND 2.97 METERS (9.7 FEET), 324 DEG 59 MIN. MT0738' MT0738'PILOT PEAK LATITUDE STATION, MARKED BY A BRICK PIER, IS 12.65 MT0738'METERS (41.5 FEET) FROM THE STATION, IN AZIMUTH 276 DEG 26 MIN. MT0738 MT0738 STATION RECOVERY (1940) MT0738 MT0738'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (JCS) MT0738'STATION FOUND AS DESCRIBED AND IN A REMARKABLE STATE OF MT0738'PRESERVATION, CONSIDERING THE LENGTH OF TIME ELAPSED SINCE IT MT0738'WAS ESTABLISHED. THE RING WALLS AROUND STATION MARK AND LONGITUDE MT0738'MARK ARE STILL INTACT. THE LONGITUDE PIER HAD BEEN TORN DOWN, MT0738'OR WEATHERED AWAY, AND THE TOP STATION MARK AND SOME OF THE MT0738'MASONRY AROUND THE ORIGINAL STATION MARK HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE MT0738'COPPER BOLT, SET IN BEDROCK IS STILL INTACT AN WAS NOT MT0738'REPLACED. TWO ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MARKS AND A NEW AZIMUTH MARK MT0738'WERE ESTABLISHED. THE ORIGINAL REFERENCE POINTS WERE AT MT0738'THE OUTER EDGE OF THE RING WALL AND COULD NOT BE CUT IN WITH MT0738'THE EQUIPMENT AT HAND WITHOUT DESTROYING THE RING WALL. THERE MT0738'WAS NO DOUBT AS TO ORIGINAL POINT BEING UNDISTURBED, SO THIS MT0738'WAS NOT DONE. THE ORIGINAL TRAIL WAS STILL PASSABLE. MT0738'STATION IS LOCATED 20 MILES N OF WENDOVER AND 18 MILES ESE MT0738'OF COBRE ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE MT0738'PILOT MOUNTAINS, A VERY PROMINENT RANGE OF PEAKS, MT0738'RISING ABRUPTLY FROM THE W EDGE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT. MT0738' MT0738'REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS WEDGED IN DRILL HOLES MT0738'IN BOULDERS. MT0738' MT0738'AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK WEDGED IN DRILL HOLE MT0738'IN BEDROCK. MT0738' MT0738'TO REACH FROM WENDOVER, AT THE WESTERN SERVICE GARAGE, GO E MT0738'ON HIGHWAY 40, 0.35 MILE, TURN LEFT, ON TRACK ROAD ALONG THE E MT0738'SIDE OF A ROCKY HILL AND FOLLOW MAIN ROAD, NORTHERLY, 2.6 MILES TO MT0738'FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK, STRAIGHT AHEAD, 0.6 MILE TO ANOTHER FORK, MT0738'TAKE LEFT FORK, WHICH PASSES TO RIGHT OF A RESERVOIR, 2.3 MILES MT0738'TO A SUMMIT AND ROAD FORKS JUST BEYOND. THERE IS A PIPE LINE MT0738'AND TRACK ALONG IT WHICH LEADS STRAIGHT AHEAD ACROSS A SALT FLAT MT0738'(PASSABLE ONLY IN DRY WEATHER). KEEP LEFT FORK, MT0738'MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD, WHICH CIRCLES THE SALT FLAT FOR 14.5 MT0738'MILES, WHERE IT STRIKES THIS PIPE LINE AGAIN, TURN LEFT MT0738'ALONG THE PIPE LINE ROAD, N, 3.8 MILES, TAKE DIM LEFT FORK 0.1 MT0738'MILE TO A CABIN. CONTINUE WESTWARD ON PIPELINE ROAD UP VERY MT0738'ROUGH DRAW AND ALONG THE ROCK RIDGE BETWEEN DRAWS FOR ABOUT 1 MT0738'1/2 MILES (END OF TRUCK TRAVEL.) FROM END OF TRUCK TRAVEL, MT0738'THERE IS A LARGE CANYON LEADING W AND A NARROW RAVINE SPLITS MT0738'THE PEAK JUST TO LEFT OF CANYON. THE STATION LIES ON THE MT0738'PEAK TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN CANYON AT THE HEAD OF THIS NARROW MT0738'RAVINE AND CAN BE REACHED BY CLIMBING UP THIS RAVINE. THIS MT0738'IS THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO STATION, BUT IS VERY STEEP. THE MT0738'OLD EIMBECK TRAIL CAN BE TRACED UP THE MAIN CANYON TO WHERE MT0738'IT BECOMES VERY STEEP AND THE TRAIL DISAPPEARS. HERE TURN MT0738'LEFT AND PICK UP THE TRAIL ON THE SLIDE WHERE IT HEADS MT0738'SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECT TO THE STATION. THE TRAIL IS VERY DIM MT0738'WHERE THE GOING IS GOOD, BUT WAS WELL-BUILT ACROSS THE ROCK SLIDES MT0738'AND CAN BE EASILY FOLLOWED THROUGH THE BOULDER SLIDES WHERE THE MT0738'TRAVELING WOULD BE VERY ROUGH WITHOUT A TRAIL. ONE PACK HORSE MT0738'(A VERY GOOD ONE) WAS TAKEN TO STATION. HORSES ARE NOT ADVISABLE MT0738'UNLESS TRAIL IS INSPECTED FIRST. (4-HOUR PACK IN COOL WEATHER.) MT0738 MT0738 STATION RECOVERY (1967) MT0738 MT0738'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1967 MT0738'DESCRIBED IN U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY DESCRIPTION LIST 41114-2, MT0738'STATION 1008.