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<br />,& <br />~ <br /> <br />The La Plata Mountains lire two veri high, steep, <br />rough ridges running ~rth Ilnd !louth, one e~st end one Ifect <br />of the La ?late. River at ita hend. On the we3t slope of <br />the west ridge, Hesperus Peak (13,22':feet) 18 the h1r;hellt <br />point, I\nd UO forlt~ of ,the WeBt J.lJIncos lU.ver rise on the <br />north tllld south elopes of this peek., The Middle Mencos <br />rie8e at e much lower elevll:tion on the west sloi?9 of Helmet <br />Pesk (U,976 feet) which is three miles south.eet of Hesperus. <br />The East Menoos rilles high on the oppoaite aide of Bel.1!et Peek, y <br />et the foot of Spiller Pellk (l3,OOO feet) which is one mile;' <br /> <br />south of HeBperus Peel:. These peeks ere ell about ten lIIiles <br />from the junction of the three riveI'll' at eleVlltiol1 7,300, <br /> <br />and froll! the principel diversions "bich 81'e close to the <br />Junction. <br /> <br />The fleet Mancoe River flows 'll'esterly from its source <br />then swinge around in 1\ ~ide erc to flow 8oUth, to its junc- <br />tion with the other forks. These flow come"he.t south of west <br /> <br />~uite directly from their eo~cell. to the point of Junction_ <br />The sources, therefore, ell,Olo:SB e trianGle rou&l11y eight <br />llliles long on i tll baee Ei t the summi t of the range, wi th ita <br />IIpex ten milell to the west, end thie llree, together 1d:th the <br />outer slopll8 of the Eaat and West Meneos Rivere outfiide the <br /> <br />triongle, total nbout 80 square miles, uh1ch is the produc- <br /> <br />tive watershed of the rivers. <br /> <br />39 <br />