Mount Observation
Mount Observation is a summit of 5207' near Leadville.
The legend for Valley of the Mud Lakes (1861) mentions Mount Observation.
Mount Observation is cited as being in the State of Nevada 1914 map (see below), but, like Ladden Cone, it does not appear in that map. Ladden Cone and Mount Observation have sequential GNIS numbers.
Mount Observation does not appear in the Division Peak (1980) map, though it does appear in the Division Peak (2018) map.
Earthpoint has the location at S11 T37N R23-1/2E
References
Resources
- GNIS
- Citation: "State of Nevada: 1914, scale 1 inch=12 miles. Department of Interior, General Land Office, Clay Tallman, Commissioner, compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and other sources, under the direction of I. P. Berthong, Chief of Drafting Division, GLO."
- However Mount Observation does not appear on that map?
- Citation: "State of Nevada: 1914, scale 1 inch=12 miles. Department of Interior, General Land Office, Clay Tallman, Commissioner, compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and other sources, under the direction of I. P. Berthong, Chief of Drafting Division, GLO."