Ella Mtn 1 - BLM Ely District - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1944 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (EHB) STATION IS 7-1/2 MILES (AIR LINE) NNE OF ELGIN, 12 MILES (AIR LINE) S OF CALIENTE, NEAR THE SUMMIT OF ELLA MOUNTAIN, THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE VICINITY. STATION MARK IS A BRONZE STATION DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK ABOUT 12 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED ELLA MTN 1944. IT IS 18.960 FEET ENE OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK ABOUT 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED ELLA MTN NO 1 1944. IT IS ABOUT 4 INCHES HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK AND IS ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS A BRONZE REFERENCE DISK SET IN BEDROCK PROJECTING ABOUT 20 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED ELLA MTN NO 2 1944. IT IS ABOUT 15.5 FEET LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THE STATION MARK. AZIMUTH MARK IS A BRONZE AZIMUTH DISK SET IN A BOULDER 24 BY 62 FEET (APPROX.) AND IS ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT IS STAMPED ELLA MTN 1944. THE MARK IS ABOUT 156 FEET W OF TRACK ROAD TO THE STATION AND 218 FEET NW OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. IT IS LOCATED 0.1 MILE BEFORE REACHING END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. TO REACH STATION FROM ELGIN, GO E THROUGH CORRALS, PASSING OUT THROUGH A PIPE GATE AND UP THE STEEP SWITCH-BACK ROAD, OVER PASS AND DOWN INTO THE CANYON, THEN UP THE WASH NE ON A BLADED ROAD FOR 7.0 MILES, THEN TAKE A DIM LEFT FORK UP SAGE VALLEY AND CANYON 3.6 MILES TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL WHICH IS AT A SWITCH-BACK 0.2 MILE BELOW THE SUMMIT OF THE GRADE. THEN PACK N AND NW UP THE STEEP SLOPE ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO THE TOP AND STATION. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 1.0 METER.

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Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: Ella Mtn 1 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: HP0322 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed County: Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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