Brilliant New Mexico USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1915 Antique

Brilliant New Mexico USGS 15-Min Topo Map 1915 Antique

$47

Printed in its year of first publication, 1915, this USGS 15-minute topographic sheet is graded excellent, having been very lightly handled and never folded, and it comes on thick stock with a flawless map area. The quad straddles the New Mexico–Colorado line about 10 miles west of Raton, taking in country across Colfax County, New Mexico, and Las Animas County, Colorado, drawn from an 1912 and 1913 field survey and engraved in 1915 under geographer R.B. Marshall. This corner of northern New Mexico was coal-mining country in the early twentieth century, and a sheet from that era carries the terrain as it was then mapped, with printed reference material on the reverse. Because it is smooth, flat, and never folded, it would take well to framing.

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SKU: 161 Categories: 15 Minute, Colorado, New Mexico

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MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Brilliant
STATE	New Mexico, Colorado
LOCATION	10 miles west of Raton
SERIES	15-minute
SURVEYED	1912 and 1913 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHER	R.B. Marshall
ENGRAVED	1915
EDITION	1915
PRINTED	1915
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock, includes woodland tint (green to indicate vegetated areas)
SCALE	1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL	50 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	17 x 21 inches (approximate)
MAP DIMENSIONS	14 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA	14 x 17 miles
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Excellent
SHEET NOTES	very lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat
MAP AREA	flawless map area
COLLARS	no wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes, inventory stamp on lower collar
MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Brilliant sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1915. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.
PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
COUNTIES COVERED	Colfax and Las Animas
RIVERS AND STREAMS	Canadian River, Crow Creek, Falls Creek, Gallinas Creek, Parker Arroyo, Saltpeter Creek, and Willow Creek
New Mexico Locations: Curtis Camp. Mountains, Peaks, and Summits: Red River Peak. Valleys and Canyons: Alkali Canyon, Antler Canyon, Big Canyon, Blind Canyon, Bruggerman Canyon, Camp Canyon, Castle Canyon, Chipmunk Canyon, Coal Canyon, Commissary Canyon, Conklin Canyon, Corduroy Canyon, Corral Canyon, Cottonwood Canyon, Dargot Canyon, Deer Canyon, Diablo Canyon, Doyle Canyon, Drive Out Canyon, Dry Canyon, East Canyon, Fence Canyon, Graveyard Canyon, Happy Canyon, Hobbs Canyon, Horse Canyon, Jenkins Canyon, Jones Canyon, Letton Canyon, Little Crow Canyon, Mac Dougall Canyon, McClellan Canyon, McCuen Canyon, McWilliams Canyon, Meatblock Canyon, Mule Canyon, Negro Canyon, Number Eight Canyon, Number Five Canyon, Number Nine Canyon, Pertie Canyon, Pevov Canyon, Piper Canyon, Plumbago Canyon, Potato Canyon, Rex Canyon, Rice Canyon, Rockhouse Canyon, Rombo Canyon, Sawmill Canyon, Schombrug Canyon, Sheep Spring Canyon, Shingle Mill Canyon, Shotgun Canyon, Six Horse Canyon, Smith Canyon, Spencer Canyon, Spring Canyon, Spruce Canyon, T B L Canyon, TX Canyon, Taber Morey Canyon, Tin Pan Canyon, Van Houten Canyon, White Horse Canyon, and Willow Canyon. Drainages: Sheep Spring Creek. Mines: Bartlett Mine, Blossburg Number Four, Brilliant Coal Mine, Dutchman Coal Mine, Graphite Prospect, Ox Canyon Mine, Standard Graphite Company Prospect, Van Houten Number Four, Van Houten Number One Mine, and Willow Numbers Five and Six Mines.
Colorado Valleys and Canyons: Big Canyon, Blind Canyon, Fence Canyon, Drive Out Canyon, McWilliams Canyon, Negro Canyon, and Rex Canyon.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

This antique sheet is a 1915 edition of the Brilliant New Mexico USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 111-year-old United States Geological Survey print in excellent condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Brilliant 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1912 and 1913. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.