The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-01-18
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neg aal Clarence king $50 Hst ta'er
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W. stale geological report nhn'lltf
u was possible ~ rei iniD o. 90 ai
Mr.. huir reports ih1t ilIis raflu
lies shout eighteen miles ln aIf1..
due norfhcrly direction from ~
mite Valley. IT. iWgnning or mlunl
IL before lleich ~ fdfy Wiist a.
the main Tuolumne river runs
through II. II curves In au unbrgken
line bf over iorly milcl, and mns
up4e alId ena-io che yeiy heart ~
the summiis Of The upper Sierra Ne
yada. The uueuphouously named
lleteh-lleiely Valley constitutes an
expanded portion Of tie great Tho,
lumne canon, Which properly brgina
Of the eptriT end Of tiIe llstch
lletchy, and has, from thence to its
head, a length Of twenty miles Of.
continuous, uhbrukcn, vertical walls
Of granite, simil- 10, but more clear
cut, and with much greater depth
than those Of Yosemite Valley. so.
semitic Valley has mi average width
OF halt a mile, aud Is in II plnue q
mile wide, but the Tuolumne canon
has nowhere IL width exceeding al
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quarter OIL " "l''e' ahu Is ~ some
places much narrower than that. The
Tuolumne river, which runs through
it,has twice the width Of the Morced.
The falls Of tho Mcrccd- Yosemite
smTpass those 0 ithe Tuolumne canon
~ UNFORESEEN volumes OF descending
water out 10 enllesr variety % cas-
eaues anu Watcr'slloots The tho
lunne canon IS lar superior. The
srea' Wa''' !" u.e canon are scanned
y wa'er'Worh ilss'res' down winch
nNis ieaP, c'.,p' '~nn,'oef' Draw
Ah', e'pg WIZ an possible varieties
'up eAple7slous % soUna. i'lefe ~
une NA'elfeuP i'oVV 'eV. higil ~ tue
iuo'uh'ie canon, pu' II Is not UNI
proken IKE the upper yosemite,
ana ~ ~ ,nat respect, lhlerlorto the
la''er, ne upper ! osem'ie ialIa
a'e i'ovV 'get h'Sh, IN y spr'hg'
When .l'e flYef rs iull, tIe laiI tahh-
pies mo ~ great Wa'er'w9rn rocky
oow WIN u SOUND resembling the
ia', IRON sle SKY OF glgahtlc cannon
pa''s on massive anu ughtly stretch
eu ur"ms. rms sound closely re
se.loles, ", har',ls rises 70 me dig>
Ivy " Wv 'ou''es, peo,s OF ~,hn1uef'
pul 'ne nolsa produced 9y INC Iuo~
,'n'ne "a.el,alIS Is AZ uea'eili'g us
'"e .ou'les' auuaaef,-a thunder 'la'
o.pes"t unecuy nome 70 inc ears
- 'ne na'rowieSS anu vast depth OF
me great ice covered assure, and
sne unsorpasscu facilities 1t affords
lor pohuefous ec'locs, ono OF the
wH'er'asi' spreads out AZ hrst IKE a
great hlmy ran OF SILVER threaded
wafer IVY aver Il deseeilt IN TINS
thale pteeou' TWO huodred iest, 1t
= wh,.leo o.er, eloseu up WIN llgh'-
n'ns-,'Ne rapo''y' changed IN color,
~ uo"u narrow groove O ROCKS
nAo an ar.oW OF steam. Inc great
seu'p'"'e nha'Ns " Si"c's' ue,'on arc
m,' newy1ppp Ypslsr fesd ny tile
i~uoiu'u'e 'nah III 'he canon, tor
.nousn elglea ! yal'ey' II IS really 4
ea"ufl e,'uo lvseh"e' ne glacial
u'pnapc,' ~ wh'ch ,he history OF
'no S'ac,a' ac,ion can 2 read, y very f,
much blurred IN Yosemite by the
subsequent action OF ram, snow, sun,
MINIS ana earthquakes; but IN the h,
loo'n,hao canon the page IS fresh ,
from the glacial workshops on the !
SUBMITS o. Mounts Lyell, Dana, !
u,oos ana HITTER. Inc glacier on q
.le la'1er mas u length and width Of
apou. nall q mile, anu q depth OF
aoout oVo ieet Inc glaciers trou D
theSe mountains, Mr.. Muir thinks at Y
one tine not only hlled tho great |
duoiumne canon, but lav'shly over
moved y as a river overhoWs ats
banks III spring. time.
Messrs. Muir and Clark had n ,
rough time in exploring this great 1
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