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[[underlined]] Anchor Mine & to Costillia River [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Aug. 17 [[/underlined]] - Remained at our aspen park camp to do some work & let the roads dry so we can get up the rest of steep slope to summit. Went up to Anchor mine & back to size up the country. Concluded we had better push on to the Costillia Peak country tomorrow.

[[underlined]] Aug. 18 [[/underlined]] - Fortunately there was no more rain in the night & the roads were in good shape. Put both teams on the load & hauled it to top of the steep slope, a mile & a half, & then went back for the buggy. Tipped the load over on a side hill but it fortunately struck a tree & went only on the side, the only damage was a broken hack[?] top. Hauled it back with the team & a rope & continued up the hill.

On top of the first ridge at the Anchor mine, where the country opens out in big meadows & grassy parks at 11100 feet we strongly tempted to camp for a few days & work toward the head of Bitter Creek to the west where we could