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Show 60 RO KY l\10 NTA £N A ENEHY. I tl f ' ll' , Ct>ll t> l"y, and t l Y 0 . W('l.1L ( t•t' ncrof·' t ll ro ·k::; am w •ll ::;ltwnin photograph ITT. . . . h>rmrw, on th • ulllmi t, iH W<'ll -known as th • lttgltPst potn t ovn whirlt tho rai I road pa ·s<.' lwtwet•n Olllaha aud a l t La,Jc Vall <'y . \Vt> mi aht linaer f r a tim <' h •n• a nd ad mir ' the b '<t.utifnl a.tHlnniq n<' l'<'llPt·y which i un fo lded lo u::; on <'V<' t'Y Hi 1e. \VP hall not llH'<'t wit It it · like arrain in any ot her }Hl rlol' th ' \V<• ·t. Lon<T'S Peak wi th it tlonbl<-' pirt:J f'i abov the li mit;; of Vl'gdation in to the n•crion · of 1 rp •I ua l now, more than 14,000 fed a bon· t h<' level of lh ' RNt. A 11 a t· tltH1 an• h'ss lofty on , many of th<•m HO cov<'red witl1 p in t's that tl H·y look blaek and sombt· in the di Lance. l~a r In tho so uthw . t an' UH· snowy t·ang<'S that SlltToun l th North Pa ri , anrl in th<' intrrm ·d iat' ::;pac' a n• group · of' lowpr peaks, ot· com• ri sing lik RL<•p to t il<~ hig h<•r mng-oH. 'l'IH•t·o i;; fill intPt'e'tin o- thought ,jll t hn(' a::; to the n •al ori n·in Of tl1 'HO gt'Cl lli til\ ruin -lik ' pil ' that rrivP lh<· })l'(' lll iar d i;;tinetion to th<' platNtLL Httrf'ac of thP Lammi :MonntainH. 1 lwliL'\'<' it i Pn tirely cl u<' t •roHiV<' fo rTl'H which hav operated llet·' on a gigantic Reale, a.nd thP. e · ll l'i:i a nd natu n1l tl'nrpl PR ar the monum •nt..-; tl rn,t nt'l' IPI't to tell thP lal '· Tam co rt vincPd thnt the tlrface wa at Olll' time, at l<•a -t, on a 1 •vel with t lr • hi <The ·t of th C'm. ll w mnch m r ha b'l' ll rPmond it is n w im[ os il l to h·ll, b ut T ftlll convin c>d that ompantLiv •ly fhv <T(•o logist · lravo fa irly l'stimated lire immensity of the tim requin·d, a.ncl tit va tnef:ls of'_tlre alll onn t of' nr atl' ri a l r moved f'rom th surface by 'ro. ·ion. Thr mile W ' t of' hPrn utn w ct·o s the lrPad of Dal , r·ock, a .·ma ll tram whi h flow· throucrir a wid<' ~O I'<TP- Iike vall y in the gmni ti · roc k ·. panning the valley is a br·idcre 6130 fe •t in lengL11 and 1 2U fl'<'t above the li ttle str am. This bri clg<', which i well worthy of 'Xanrinat ion, forms one of the mo t b autif'ttl stnt ·tun>· of the kind a,] n · thi.· road, and always attra ts th attention of tl1 travC'l t', who look ::; down from it upon a beautiful gra sy vall ·y through which wi ncli:i a sma ll stream, th' whol walled in with ma siv ~r mnite, lik that b •foro de cri bctl. After eros ing t11e Dale Ct·eek bt·iclg' we d cend rapidly to tlto plain ; on th w t side of the moun tain w pa. s acros th inc! in •d cdgo. of formations which app ar to be coun terparts of tho· aln•ady allnd •d to ?11 ~h. ea t side. \V find the and ton •s r stin cr ll] on the rrmni t , a.nd lnchnmg at a greater or 1 s ancrl • w tward, we also lind th , wl1i ti. It a nd 0 \"l.:lt THE I•' I RAT ItA N(ll<:. 61 yell owi h whi t Jim ton of tlr Car·bonifPt'O ll pr ri oc1, al ·o tJ1e n·d Rancl-t Jr · whi ch ]rave u .· ua lly b n n·gardl'd a::; 'l'rial:lH ie, though J HrlH]Wd that the up[ 'l' portion a t h•ast is .) ur·n. l:lic, tli<·n eo rnu loo ·e n•ll ·n.ullfl, extend ing a co u.· id rabl eli tan e iu to tl1 pl aiu ::;. lf' wo conl inuP 0 11 towar·d U1 Big ancl Li tt l ' Lammie Ri vl· r·:-;, we ·hall find til ' 'rt'ia<'l'OUfl bPds in full clc'vPiopmcnt in neal'ly hori zoutal po:-; ition a ud about :30 mil till far thC' I' Wl' ·t the 'O:.tl b •cl· Of t il ' 'J't> rtiary p •riod a re fll'en. But b •fon' w' eornrn cuo' out· gr neml n·ma rkfl in n·crard to Ur i:-; moun ta,in n uwr 1 •t u · ling t' f r a tim<' arno tw th ' .· ingula r ancl grote ·qne form whi ch uatut·e Ita hewn out of I lie Hand stOl r<'fl on tl ti ;; w -t rn slopr. ll Pre w> may st1tdy ome ·x · •11 •nt illu ·tmtion · of' t iro \V<'a ring away of' alld i:itO IIef:l through a tmoH pheri · ag<' ll <: il' ·. \\Tv wi;;h a.s fur· as po ·sib! to pr·c:-;ent to the rl'ad ,,. lypP- •xarnpl <' ·of' the innlr l' rH' <' wlli ·h tile a tnr O.'Jlr ut· • in it· varied p has 'f! Jr ai:i in ;;hapi.r.l"' thl' f'<·al un'H of t ile land ·ca.pl'. \Ve have illu ~:~ lmted s m of' t il <· crnuti toi<l ro ·kH of th · monnta in '::; nu ·I u · wlri t h llrtv b '(' ll metamorplt o.·pd by li t•n.l. P lrotocrrap li Y. i;; t'X' • •clin •rly in stmctive in many poiu t of' view. 'l'h< ro<:lc it ·plf' i:; a m l<'nttl' ly fitw gra.iu •tl ·a nd tone, an i varit' · in color from a y<' llow i,; lr whito to a ligllt b ri ·k-rell, and is p robably of .Jumi:i k age. No or·cr<tll il' rema ins have ev r bncn found in t iro ·auch;tou ·s, a lllr ourrh I Jravl' lm<'l'Cl thrm aloncr the moun tain icl' from out· north liu • to Sauta FP. Til l'(•a·ou why I ·all thorn Jum si · is, that a bed of lint •.tone wliil'lr inelin e.· f'ronr th 11a.nk of tho mou11 tain ]ti <Th •r· up, · cn1 · to hol l a lowt•r g'o)ocrical po.· ition, and ·ontains tho r ma i11 · of Uriuoid which Prot' •tiHO l' A era siz refers to tit ' g 'lHts A.pioe1·initas, which i.' Jura· ·ic. To thi i:i place Ira b n cr ivl'n the nam- of Dittlro k on a ·eount of tit • pec uliar dial ·liaped fot·m in to whi ·h 11 ' of tlt columu Ita::; b> •n w t·n. \V glano that tlw rock. ar ' stmtiJi d, that they hold a Jl('arly hori zontal po ition, that th 'Y ·tan 1 out in the plains n arly i olat d, althongh in tlw inrrnediat> vi ·inity at·p many other equally fa.nta ·tic fonn , coveriJtg q ui t an ext nsivo art-'tt. vVh '1' are the interm •diat portions of tl1 , rock out of' which tho o ingular monuments ltav be n carv >d by the •hif:lcl of tim '~ These 1 •v 'l plains, covered now with <TJ'as and wild acr<', W<'l' ' once on a 1 v l wi th tho summits of thes ·and ' ton s at 1 a ·t, wlril ' th va t rna f ancl t n , wlti ·h fill ,d up tit gen ml l v •1 lms b '•n ·wept a way, who know wl1 re? \\Tho ·an estimate th force tltat ltave wroucr ht |