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Show 120 HOOKY }fOUNTAIN OJmEJO'. Tho ev idt•nce i. quito ekar that, rrom M~ro-art City to the entra.neP of 'v t 1 .• -11 011 ·1 1.-.J, • onee a.sa c 1 u. , (_ " ' t•xtt,•fltl ed, tl1 0 wat er · of whieh 1ilh cl llll tlH· va.ll l•y, <leposilecl thi ck l>l•ds of sedim e 11 ~, an_cl 1i11a.lly _rolll.ld ·d o ~l' thP hillf', and strcwt•tl the ·ide of th • lli O IInla. ll~ w_1th loo e _dcbl'l s. Pnor: to thi la t lak> pt>rio<l, was another lak ', w_l11elt 1 ~ sl10wn 111 tho u_n_dPI'l )~lllg ro ·1 whieh arc •xpo;.;Nl in various port1ons of the vali Py, wl11tr sl1 , hnP, gray antl rnsty yellow sand slOJH'S, hartl_ •nough f'or b uilding P_'"'JlOSPs, with t]p:;h eolored marl s, probably of PliOCl'JW a~rc, tLIId J'Nll' Jll blr ll <>' V<' I'Y closely in 111any rt'H[IL'<'fs tl1P mon~ re ·cnt T rliary b •d · .in th' _Pl ~tLt• Yalky. These r el•nL lwds incli11 • l'a tor ~o utl wast, an<l_ ft·ont llns fart we lt•arll that 'OIIIL' Of' tho lat 'I' III OVL' IIlt'JltS Of t ltPS' HIOlllltaJII J';1Ji"'t'S llltl't' 1we11 of rolnpamtivPly 1noClnn daLP. Jt .·e1·ms, then·f'on•, that all the IIIOre l't'Ce nt f'ormationr-J whi clt an• ob;:;t•rvPd in the irnml'<liall' val lt•y of' f-\a lt Lake, a l · o ·etll' high np in lht• val ll'ys of tl1e ri vt• r·s whirl1 How into tl1i .· p: r·Ntt basin ; tl1at the wnkrs, l'Xlt•ndino- baek in li111 f'ar into the Tertiary period, HcL up, a.· it wen•, into th •:,,'' Yalll'y ·, d!'po:;iting th!' samt' ki11d of s •dim •nt ·. \V' llavl' in the alt Lako Yal lt>y thiek bt•d · of Plio ·enc ~;ancl~, sa nil ~to ru ·:-; nnd mal'l , with .·ome f'ossil ·, a, fpw vert •brat • r •main ;:;, and a HpeeiPs of land Hlwll whi ·h cannot bP di~;linrru i ·lied f]·om a :-mail round in the "Batl Lancl '' of Dakota. 'l'liiH fonnati n, wh iult I lmvt• nantc•cl t lio " 'alL Lakt• Group," one, oec upietl tho who!· vaJlpy without donbt, lia.H b 'l' ll la rgp ly woru away, b ut al l a long Ll1 • flanks of the nHJLuttains t liat s urTound till' valley, the ·e beds may be sct•n i11elinino- at a ><mall ano·lp, Hay 5° to 10°. Tltl'll again the same sup l'fi eial dl'po ·its of d rift :tnd lousl' sand , wliiclt compost>d tho tl'rn:t.eecl hill , <t l'' a ll id •ntical. The ten·ace.· in 'ali LakP Valley which form a eo11 ·pi ·uous f'eatur ·, arc found lli o-h up t li l' riv er valley and al)out the sanw ]evL• l, showing p r·otty clear·ly that L11ey weru all synchronous. Leav irw ' Vebt•r Station, wt• gli il' down tho op n vall <>y with gr 'at mpiclity for about JO mil•s, when we enter \Va atch Calion and 1 as· tlt t·ou<rh "Dovil's Gate," wh ich iH so well shown by photograph XXlll. Not the least attraction to tho traveler is the roar of th •so water · of tho ' 'Vcber af:l they roll over tho immm o ma s s of roek witlt tho nu;lt of a mountain tonent. For~ til' mil we a rc enclosed within nearly pl'l'p ·ndiculat · walls of o-nei s 2,000 f• t Jdgh, wlti ·It form the ce11tnt1 p rtion of the 'Va ·atch Rang •. The ri v '1' r •ally cut th range at ri rllt angles. :FIW~I l3EA lt lUVER 1'0 ALT J,A KE VAU,EY. 121 TlH' rock ar· b antifnlly banded vrrywlwre; there a.r·e al ·o coar p aggregations of quartz and fp]clf:;pa r· witl1 ln. ro-e rna s •s of tou rma lirw, and a ll th rourr l1 the g neiss are · am of feW par· and q ua rtz of nl.l'ion tllickJH'SH'H. 1\11 along tl1P ·ides of tl1P ehanrwl, high np on tl1 st <"']1 mountain flanks nn· l'allt ckposit of bonl dt•rs a11d fine and. oon we PHH'I'gc' from partial darknp H i11 to tlt h:n.r· •r· li o- ht of rw of th' most beauf i1'111 broa<l p roduetivc valleys in th • world, and in to fnll Yi cw, al :;o, of Un•at a lt Lake. From mn.lm to Great alt Lak VallPy, a <li t:'Lnce of 1 ,021) 111ilPs, the road pass<'· ov<•r mc•tamorpltic r·ocks b ut tw ice; tl 11·ough the Lammi, HangP, WPHt of ChPy• nrw, about ]I) or· 20 mil <'s, and llwn through the 'Yasntclt Hange f'onr miler;; that is, in t h • who!<• d istan P, th ' road 11a·:,;l'H OVl' l' about 20 mil t•s of' what i nstmlly r·<•gardPd a. moun tai11 l'Oelu; or· g ra11itc•s. A 11 then· 't nrc uncllano-t•d ro<·k and lii Ostly of 'rl'lan'OIIH O l' 'L't> rt iary ag . FI'OIII Uintnh 'tat ion to Pr montory P oi11 t i. not tl1 > ll'nHt attra ·tin• ]) rlion of our I'O II te althOII"'h we kw' 111 •1·<rpcl fr·o111 tl1c• <lPt']l o-o rrreH with ' b n Mt)" tho overlmnp;ing w~'Lll ·on •ith t>r ·ide•. n OII J' right, tll<' 'Ynsateh Hang<· continne · with 11 • most of th<> way, ri ·ing to a maje tic lwio·ht witl1 a ph-asing ya,r·i •ty in it outline; all alorfO' th ides wo ran · c t l1o variou cai'IOIIH thro ugh which str am .. · of p un• moun tain water I our i11to th va.ll l'y ·, antl if WP WL'I'' to tn,k tlt • tim • to follow them up t tlH• ir· ll t'atls, we should fin tl n 10~t ab undant matt>rial for· pka ure ancl in ·t ruc·tion. On our left, th • q ui >t watPrs of tl1e la.ko tr ·tc lt far· beyond tl1 li111its of ou r· vi::;ion lik<' a ntst inl a nd , C':t. Broad plain:, wc•ll cnl tiratecl fi elds, t hri1' i11g l' illagps n.n<l 1wat farm -house moot tl1e PYP on every ·id ·. TJ1c mountainf:l are f'ul l of min ,ml wealtlr, as ·il ver a nd gold, and ·om of Uw mint'S a r yielcli rw o-ood rl'tum · at th i tim . But we will not delay at Oo-dpn, orinn c, nor at a11y of the f:ltation a lonrr ou r· rout whi h mio-ltt attract our aitc•ntion for a tim . It is n t the }ltll'})OHO of tlli volum .. to clrroni cl > tlt seen s f morel r ancl pi ll arr0, whi!'lt form a 11art of th <'Rrly l1i tory of all thee rajlroacl town . . Paf:l in o· on to Pmm nto ry Point, we will mpidly o-la nce at tl1c hot wino-s, which can en. ·ily be det •ctE>cl from the milr·oad by tJt c1 ns cloud of vapor w h iclt i · ·u s from th '111. For 100 yard or· more around tlro sprino- , the urfi:tc il:l ntir·ely ile ·titute of vcg tn.tion and i . ·ov I' a withy llow oxid , f iroll. The waters ar" thol'Oughly in1pr gnat •d with ·ulphu1·. Th • b n ·lt •s or 17 |