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Show 00 ltOC K y 1\f 0 UN'J'A TN l~NE J t Y . If . t• 111·t" 011r ·1ourm•y westward we con 1 ' . from thi s . p oint, . w sha.l l me. ! 't ' tl tl al st1 .. , tn '' 0''1in 'tbo ut fottr mil •s we ·t of Hnwltn p l'llws, m WI l lB COc " '" " e' ' . tit fo nn o f up l't ftr d. J:IU res ine'J inin· rr W ' 'twarcl, b ut by th. e tnne we. l1 a 1·0 1 l C . t n]) ' lt b"dS lt n.V' q ui •t]y settled down Ill tO a ]tOJ'I ZOJ1 l:tl 1·ertc· tl'l 1 es on .. ~ ' · . . . . ·t· At cparation tA-n mih•s front R awl111 p nn (l's, q tll te ·xt nstv' post wn. ' . . I · 1 ... ,0 toa m me bo" Jl op<'necl with a bed f coal 11 fc•pt 1 n tlllclows ·. 1 •• 1 u ' . • . . 'l'ltl' e toal beds nndoubt('dly form a port ton of the g r~·at b.aslll p.n'vlo us ly noti ·cd at Ca rbon a nd oll u•1· locali ties. On th s umn11 ts of tlto !Ill I · abov · the coal brd a rc th in layl' l'ti of calcarr u a nclstolle, upon wl11?h may be• rcn imp ression of lNtvc•s of tlte popla r, sycamor .an ~. olllcr for · t tn· 'H that once cloth •d tltis barn•n 1·e•gion in lwau ty and f •r t l11 ty. 'l'he Tr rtiary bc•cls li l' in ri llo·•s runnin n· a cros tlw co un t ry 11 r arly northc•a t a nd ou th wc•st., a nd a.re til tc•tt in •vc'ry c1 i n•ct.i n . A more de;.;olato region I have n 'Vl'r . ·ce•n in th ' we ·t; noth iwr sc·c•ms to fi o111·isl1 but tlte wild saO'e-b ut> lt, whi ·h in HO llie plae 'S g rows '0 larg' anu dcnsv as to r ncll'r tr:w•ling difli cult. A ll over the ·urfac• of th ' hill s, as wc· ll. :tH of the pl:1in , then• a rcgn•atqua nlities of watcr-wom pobbl >s. M:.tn )~ ol th 'H' ralley. hav b 'l'll ·coOJWd out by a force a nd volume of wate r la 1· 1 n excl'~H of :wy known at thr pn•sc·nt day in t his r eo·io n. em1e of the wiltl' t a nd deepl'Rt of th rai!Pys c1 not now contain a ny rnnning Htream. Vt/ st of S pam! ion, tlt • rugged ri ug•- like ch:uact •r of tl to surface c asr., and on n•a· hing n ·-Lon, J3 mile· to t h • we·t, w • 'hall Jin el t.he trn.ta nearly h oriwn tn.l, and the co unt ry eompamtiv ·ly ·mootlt a ncl 1 v l. At Cre ton, t110 Union P acili · Ha ilroml Compa11y sunk a we· ll JOO feet or more in depll! ; al 83 feet a b •d of coal wa · found, about ri(l'ht f •et i11 tl1i clmcss, :w<l ju t ov~:: r the coal wn.:; :t hty ' r of Jin t', b lui ·h clay, in wl1i ch was a grl':tL abundance of imp r ··:;io n · of ll'av s of fore t tn• , mot of whi ch 1) •loner •d to popla r · a nd 'Y ·a.mo1· • . Tl1c m il road cut , a w 11 as the v:11le y · of th small tr •am:;, r •veal vC' ry cll'a l'ly the character of th inlerml'Cliatc ·o fll'r becl·. JI •re, on the ·ummit of the Rocky Mountain , on the d ivid ing en• ·t wl1 ere t ho water tlow t•astwa rtl into the Atlanti c and w stwttnl into tlt Pacifi c, wo fiml a largo area covered wi th very modern 'J'prtiary bed , in an app rtl' ' Htly Hnd istnrb • l })0 ition. 'l'lte rosion has b<• n ·o o· t·eat, a nd the p laning and .·mooth in (l' proce so complete, tltat the urf'ace is covered wilh <lebris to s uch an extent that it is almost impo 'l:lible to obtain a cll'ar idl'a of the color and compo ition of' the b:1si · rock s for any great depth. till we know that WE 'I'W A RD TO BJ<;A lt ltl V EH. 91 ma rine a nd fro h watc'.l' T diary formation occupy tho co un t ry for lhe m st 1mrt to Quaking Ash lllllnl it, and v •t·y la rg •ly to Salt Lake• Vall <·y. F rom C1·e•:;ton to Bi ttl'!' Creek t a tio u, a d i tan co of 4o Ill i k , tl OI hi ng 1' •nt:1rkab1 • m •et the C'y<•, b ut thl' (l' •n •r a.l app •amnce of dt,solatio n. \ Vt•t>t of Bilte•r Cr l'l< tation, t h ' oal f'tmnatio nH again a pp ar, iJI(·Iining abo ut, l'rLHL 3° to 7°. \Vc ]Iavl', t lw rofor •, lwtw on H.awlins p ri ngs a nd (;n•eu H.i i'Cr, a kiucl of synclinal b a sin, witl1 lh • coal tmta on l' il lt c•r Hiclt> ('lt•v:ttl'cl nt cl iff' •rcnt a nn·le ·, a nd inclining in ppoHito d ire ·tio us, while i n the ·c•ntml porti ns, from l'l' ·ton to Bil tcr ' rcc•k, the b<•d · an• n<•nl'ly lt ori zontal and o f' q ui t<• modern ag •, eon ta in ing p un·ly fr ·s·lt wa tPr a nd land ·hl'll s, s uch n Paludinas, Unios, :Ai elcudrts, J felices, t•tc. J\1 o;.;L of l it e• compact rocky layers are mndc' up of an ag0T O'atc of ·lt c·ll s, whi l' lt a r • ll Sl'l a · b uildin (l' mat riai H, for thP wall ' of lt o usC', etc. Table Ro ·k is a ·quat· b ul le, wlti ·It ri ·cs abo ut 400 f'ul't alKJVl' l lw vel of th I'O:tcl, compo e·d of b •cl of al car •ou sttncl ·to lll', fo r till' n1oRt 1 a rt a .· illlpl<' agO'n•ga te of fi ·t;'sh-waler ·lwll H. 1\ bout lw mil e.· w ' ·t of Cr ·-to n, th • lm v<· lcr will ob ·e• rvc a fl ao·Hta fl', whielt mark t h> CI''St I' cl ivi<l in rr liuo of th e• O'l'(•a t wat• J·- IH•cl or l lt t' conlin l'nt. J[ r in t his de ·o ln.tc pot, witl1 no moun taiu ra nge· in ·lo ·e p roximi ty, with ut a t1· • in io·l!t, o t· n. ·hrub la. rg'l' than t it • wil cl ;.;ag<', wi thout a u rop of water wi tltin cvt•ml util e:;, o nly t it , olcl chy beds th at. l1avo b 'l'Jl worn Oll t by t ho lll Pltin o· of i'l llOW · Oll l' it lt <• t· siclo or l it e• cli vidil l"' liiW, IV ' sland on th t>ummi t or t il ' g i' ' ttt Roeky Monutain ·, 7, 100 fh·t abovp t id• wat•1·. It ' ' ltainly roquir •· a vivid imag ination lob' p t·of undly agita.t\•cl by th • ·cone'. Fa1· in the eli -tanee on cit hl' t' iu, ra1we ' 0 f' lllOUn tain 1 i ft t ll l'i I' r ugged summi ts toward th cloud , a nd co ntnmrH1 a 111 mc•ntary l'<' ·poet. In tlt wet th • w t "Water R a nge can be s•cn q ui te d i ·t inetly the lop ·ov r d with snow tll wrater p art of th ymr·, whil ' to tit , no rth tho eTilin ol Mountains a r vi ib l •. To the west and n orth tl1 • Win l Ri v<•r Ra n(l'e, wlti clt alHo form · a por tion of tl te ·r >a t wat •1· ·h p(l of the c nliu ('nt, can b C'n, wi tl1 it conical p eaks abov th clo uds, 14.,000 feet o1· mom above the s•a. Brid(l'or Pa s, which I had always p ictured to my imaginat ion a a rro rge tltt·o twlt lof'ty wa lls of O'J"ani to, is notltillO' more than a sli o·h tly el vatccl ricl(l'o in a b r ad und ulating plain. It i imply a p ortion of tl1 cr st or d ivi l,, and th • moun tain , wl1ich I had uppo ·a fol'med the walls of th pa s, at· so r mote on eit her id' a to b • car >ly vi ·ibl •. |