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Show 88 JW KY llr<lUNTATN m:NWtY. Not far from F ort ' tech- may b<~ ·een at tllis ti mC', eotton woocl ti'C'<'fl 1 · 1 .- ancl 20 mc ws l ' •tN wlliell l1·1v<' been cut down l>y t·ll <• Jn , ant1 I Imv o 1 n l mnH: , L . • • • . . tl • v·dlt>y or tile Yl'll owstOJl 30 liiCII t'. Ill tl l:tlll d\' r. S<'<'n ·tHillJlS 111 1\ • · . . (' · f' . 1'1ttl<' v·11u<· ·1t t 11 • }ll' • e11 t tmiC lllat tll t'Y are not m ul'lt 'J'Ii\' 11' 111' IS 0 RO < ' so u(l' llt for by trapiwr. or Indian s. . . " 1, ·1 t of l~o rt 't •l'lc is a. t:th on, or .· 1l ' tral'k, ('all <•<l ' WO lnl \'' \l'l'S · B , 1 · 11 '"" · a town of B 000 inllab itantH about two Y<'ar:-; ago. lt <' lhOn, W 11\' " • ' • i -1I ll.!'(·1 1 y pOS:S 'Ib l\, to lwli !'VC t in' t in so ·.t <•nle aml. watPrl<•ss a pl.a ce, so 1a r(l'<• a. n um b e1. of lH'O ]lk ('O tll<l llaVl' <'XlHlecl, . a s all , tiH' fn el . :wcl . watv r l1 ·ed by tlt\'lll had to be (l'aiiH]>OI'kd Sl'V('I'H.l Jl~ill'f:l. • 'Ill\' l'~'lllHIII H Of t li l'HO t (·1 t' lllpomry · t'1t'·. •''•I '<' "L• c•·1 tt<·l·<·< l all al01w"' tl·1 ' hne o f Ill <.' r:u1roac1, a11tl Ill<• s '(' liPS 0 (• "('lVl 'I( O~'C ll'""l 'lJl' lIl '.lf•) ' , wlii<"li W('I'C <'OI'Illl•' Clt'tl Wltlt -[11• ' Ill , li:t\'1'• all pa s <'< I aw..t y , <• tnd it W<'l'l' wt•ll if tll<. ·•y C<lllld b<' for•p ;otle n.• ff W<' ,p ;o a l1•l tl e way into th ' hill s, not far fi'Om :til.)' of lll Nl<' old _tow11 H ~ h·s, W<' Hli:tll fl11 <l :t \'lu::;t<•r of graves, •vl'l')' ont' of llll' inn1a!Ps of wlll c liJWI'IHll<'tl by rlol t• JJ <'<'. Tlw Crl'tnceou · fon11a.tiom; !'Ontinue to g in• tlw dark, SO llllm• a spt·l't lo the urfaeP a:-; far as ]{awl ins ' pringfl. Tlii · iH a g ro wino· vi ling<·, and wa . named in h onor of' llH• In men it'd Gt·lwml .Tol1n ;\. Hawlin :-~, our late eC'retary of War. Til\' lr:m•lt•r will find lwre Oil<' of till' fin t'Ht li of<· l ~ on tlw route with C'XC. •ll c11L H<'tO llllll Odations. A ronntl-lion :-;<' aml ma(' lilll\ 's110p, with otht•r importan t building:-;, have bevn \'rect •<L hy t il <_· railro:l<L company, and the '<' form tht• IIUrienH of' the v illao·c. Tit<· •levaf10n above till.e wall'r i 0,540 f'('(·l. . At tlli locality tiP p;Po logieal f'l'a t urcR arc very intt•ref:lti 11g, from t he fact that tlw c]evatory f'orc·p:-; W\'1'\' l'Xl' l't<'d mor ' pow •rfully than at nny other point aloug the nmtl from Lammi<' to C.h\' •n Hiv •r. TIH• e ntin• Ht- ri l'S of rode known in tid country an• exp ofictl l1 c n•, fro n1 lll <,l n·Ll f •ldspat hie crranitc to the 'ret.-'tceous, iueln .· ivc. Th 'roa<1 pas ·e t l1ro ngh a v<'ry in lt•rc ·t in (l' anticlinal opening, wliil'll pn• · •nts a finu exan1plo of tile adranta a<' wlli ch the skilful engine r may take of tl1e •rosive dt'e ·t · of atmosphe ric a.gcncic in pa.-t geolo"ical times. Tlwre i llL'r • a l ofty ri :Jo-e or mountain •xt ndi1w nearly north and ontli, wl1 cr • it pa ses througl1 an op<' nin (l' ju t wide enough for the track , while t he wall ~:~ of' g ra nite and qnartzite enclose it on eith r side. No water b"ino- hl'I'o at t h ' pre ent tinw, thi. opening was wom thro ugh l)y ag ncie · not now in operation. A fine sulphur sprin(l' wlli ch i · ·ues from b0n •atl1 a b •d of blu li111 '· stone, give name to the sta tion. The wat >r is clear a s crystal, autl WE 'rWARD TO lll~AH R(VEJt. 89 posse ·scs ex cell ent medi cinal qua1itie . About a mile north of tl1 station thE>r is anotlwr inter stino- sulphur sprino-, from wlli ch flows a volume of watrr su-ffi cient to form a -tr am two te •t wid and four iHc hes dP<'P· The water i clear and cool in ummer, thoLwlt it both tastes and ·ru elli:! strono-ly of ·ulph ur. outlt of th road an be een bed· of varieo-ated, o-ray, brown and r dc1ish quar tzite , with a v r·y hard, b lu ' lim ton r estin O' upon tliPm, which I ·npposo to be of ()al'boui ferou aO'e, th o ugh I could Jintl no evidence from fo sil r emains. On th oppo ·ito ide of th r oad tll • ric.lg<'s of uph aval -trPtch far away towarl tho n or thwe t, and ri ·e to a ]l(;icrht of 1,200 to 1,500 feet. Granit · , sandston s aud pudding- ·ton • · can be studi >d here to any ext nt, and th, relations of th • metamo1·p hi · with the ·cdimeutary rock · are Wt•ll exl1ibit •d. All thes' rid(l'es hav ufler ·d trc rn ' ndon e ro ·ion , and the sanu-stones J~av been planed and g i'Oovcd pv •n to a great •t· ext nt tl1a11 t ire mor, l'<'C nt b d . Evcrywh re the evidence of ~ t·o ·i JL during tit Drift p riod are sh own on a ..,.io·antic scalP. orne v ry in terestiug ·pecimcns of native copp r l1ave b een found in tlti · ridge, whi ch at one time I I'Oduccd no small d egree of (•xcitem<•nt arrJon(l' the inl1abitant . The co1 pet· oro was f'oun 1, on more careful investi( l'ation, to be of no p >cial ecOJIOJI'I ic val u . It · 'ms to o ·cur as a so rt of ch<'mical precipitate in the r eddish Tria ·s io qn~trtzito n ar the summit of th' rido-e; sorn >times it is difl'us d t hrough the rock iu g J'P •n f-Jtrvaks in the f'onn of g re n carbonate; with tllis la::;t, l:ug rna ·s •s of ·al ·spar are coated; th 1· a1· al f:lo ve ry p 1· •tty d <•u d 1·itic impr •s ·ion . N •a r tho coppet· mines are ·om' h E>avy b ed s of r ed oxide of iron, which must at some period b om• of "' I'E'at value to tho ·ountry. The b E>ds a r·' four to tOix feet t hick, and thouo-h they app ar to b local , yet a great amoun t of ore could b' tak •n out at comparatively mall co t. It i nn int r tino- fa ·t that, alt110ugh we are continually tmveling ac_ro what i u ·ually regarded a tlie summit of the g reat Ro ·ky Mountam range, 6,000 to 7,000 fe t above tide water, y et t his is the only Jocality :1.lon"' the road, b etween the Lammic M untains and t he Wasatch Range, 111 W eb0r Vall0y, wh .rc we m et with rocks older than Jura sic, and, except for [t few mil s near Lake Como, none old r than Cretaceous. Rock of anci nt date se,m to be the xception, while those of' quite modern age, geologically sp aking, prevail. 18 |
