The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-16
THE GREAT UT4H MYSTERY.
The Discovery of the Ouulct Of Great salt
Lake.


To-day We give the facts us we have them rel.
alive 10 TIE discovery OF subterrdrcrn outlet to
Great Salt Lake. his inland sea the brnic-t or al
DE " 4tcrs the wu,lt, AMI whicn former inyr.ti
aatious pronounced being kent at il, level by The
action Of evlpnration, las itself solved the mystery
OF The mountains. fhe lofty hills nnd all die lovely
Islands have for countless ages found a mirror fur
fgGir Ernnd male " IN the bosom of our lake, and
us r~tlshed face has been kept bright with
the crystal supplies Of a thousand streams 4 ON
out the roaring can ons, cef's, aud snowy
reservoirs Of the rocky chain, The eye Of science
has scanned with care & agencies wl.irh, II was
supposed, held the aqueous wonder IN It's naoa, and
DE lumbods and SiUmlns at two continents Nl~
~ escnpeneni for the Hanging sea" save through
tie aerial pathways Of tire sun Many years ago the
Bureau 81 Topoe Apply sought 10 eXuain the pcrma-
nent equilibrium Of Great Salt Lake, whose thirst
ahsorLs n greater supply OF fresh water than Mchl-
gan or Erie but sIill the deduction WIS the same
Every thai said lts shores we're saved from food by
tie evaporsting power THIS is no longer = theory,
one ngnt lat "oek no schooner Pioneer, Can't.
Hannah. On her voYage from Cn'nne to Stockton.
when NJ point IN the lake between Fremont and
Kmhall Islands, nearly opposite this city came sud.
cenl m contact Nlth fonetning which the captain
thought more solid than water, believing Ills vessel
TO have stranded upon rocks. Instead OF this, how
ever. tle men the Pioneer discovered that she
was IN Whlrl OF maelstrOm, for the vessel i'm.
medialely reNoved IN II / circular current and
the motion was 40 rapid In the revolutions made
that toe men could scarce sulRd at their duties
Cant HANNAH being m old sailor and un,lers land
ing TIE Danger lie was 10, az once added sail and n
brisk wind blnH ing u the time the craft was afe
about hat AN hOu = detention, borne beg ond the
vortex OF ue eddN. lie informs Cen COnnoT he
Owner OF Tie schooner aud from whom we get
These interesting Gcts, that wife in the trough Of
the niy hole the deck was far lower than thu water
outAne the Whirlpool nni that ne owes toe safety OF
Nessrl aud men 20 Gle suf breeze which ortunateiy
furanR up at the time. The noise of tho waters AZ
they descended denoted that some might nirIrsa
cavity below give strength 10 tho suction, and the
tnrrlng lrothy foam above like the boiling Of
mammoth cauldron. That this IL tie sacty valve
pI "rohl hult Lake there seems to be no doubt and
Ne con reasonably assume tut similar uprnlups are
numerous on TIE bottom. The steamer Kate Con
nor WI he ready m two o. three days to 20 ON the
lhte, when the General, accompanied by PARTY Of
genlenen rom THIS ciy, wlll go out and examine
the m0eistrom.
Ihe men OF the C"lcrc and Uuiversi'y will again
he cafed 10 make scontiGc survey OF this mst great
discovery, ami gculo-i,t and chemist Nill, in the
waters OF the Utan Mediterranean, lind many yaIua-
bile lessons 10 Impar to student and graduate HON
marvellous are natureS works around Us.
- The sun orhrwnr happiness is health nm wealth.
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