Rick, you get the 'cigar' on your guess. Yes the DSP&P main line IS on the north bank. The Saxonia site is on both triangles of land on the north and south river banks. Just out of the picture to the east is Crossons, and the location of the 14 car siding and the big water tank. This photo wass taken just six months before the Hi-Meadows fire. The fire did not touch this area, but did creep down to destroy the tank site and flagstop station at Crossons, but did not harm the river pedestrian bridge there. Out of frame to the west the towering cliffs obscure some of the main line but it is there the junction of Deer Creek and the Platte where the original DSP&P small water tank was located. Poors book shows double-headed Masons, westbound taking water there. Nice work!
Question? How did you come up with your L/L coordinates. I wish that there was some way on the Terraserver site to be able to click in for those coordinates. Please let me know how you did it. P.S. Wrong on the chimney shadow. The chimney is well hidden and grown over with 120 year old pines. You'll never see it unless you know exactly where to look, from the north bank looking to the south. Even the USFS rangers didn't spot it until I pointed it out. The high water in the river and the camoflage is what has kept the site pristine. We hope it stays that way until we get our mapping and exploration done. We can already sense that the alarm bells and flashing red lights have gone off in the USFS office in the area. Now that they know that they have something important there the USFS people in law enforcement have posted it and are going to vigoriously enforce the federal laws regarding archaeological sites. I suspect they will be citing tresspassers rather vigorously..and I'm all for that, just as long as we can get our research done before they make it accessable to the public. Be well. "Bo"
