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[[underlined]]Oct. 3[[/underlined]]. Rode about 5 miles east of camp and climbed the peak shown on the Land Office map as Pinion Mtn. It is some 10 miles south of Quemado and is the northernmost spur of the Gila River System of mts. It is important as the next step of Canadian zone south of the Zuni Mts.

The 2 peaks are part of the rim of an old crater that has broken out on the south and sent out streams of lava south & west. The eastern peak is some 200 feet higher than the western and by my aneroid read 9750 feet. It is probably nearer 10000 as the barometer works too slowly at its upper limits. It is registing to 10000 only & on the San Mateos which are [[strikethrough]]over [[/strikethrough]] 11380 it read only 10100. The mountain is all of lava resting on sandstone beds [[strikethrough]]full of [[/strikethrough]] green with copper. It is steep for the upper 1500 feet and its north slope and part of the upper south slopes are covered with aspens, Abies concolor Pinus flexilis & douglas spruce.

The lower slopes & most of the