The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-19

rious adventures Incident N euch = VOYAGE on a
swIft stream, but no serious mtshaps. and on
Aur. 20 arrived safely ut tho mouth OF the Hc
Virgen. Tney found no falls and no verv b ID
rapids; Ia IN ny places were OBLIGED TO make
portaves, some II them long and diffiuult They
were forced to run several rapids and one can
easily Imagine that. at times. the travelling was
exciiing enough.
Inc hrsncncs Of the Color do and the Green
from the East. the Tam pa. the White, the Grand
and the saD Juan, have been ex mined from
the survey under the Gnnrge Of Dr ". Y. Hayden.
Starting at the head of the Green river. we mud
II trdyersiEg IN a sOutbeily direction desert
country, Of alkaline soil, producing a rank
growth OF that staple product of the West.
drteRtsi1. or, popularity. sage brush. This Is the
Green river basin. At the foot OF this basin tho
river mopts the Uinta range, trendin1 cast and
west. directly across Its course. This rinse IL
travorses, by a devious course, cutting gorges
Of enormous depth, and on ia way Ie-
celves, the waters OF the Tampa On
another valley, quite similar TO that above, and
known as the Unta basin. In this basin II IL
Joined by the Utnta and WHITE rivers. lravers.
ing this basn.it gradually enters canon IN STRAIT
He'd beds. These beds, and the surface Of the
country WIN Them Incline at very low angle To-
ward NE north, so thnt the stream. IN its SOUTH
ern progress, Is constantly get ing deeper ana
de per Uelow the surf.o until IN a distance Of
ninety-scven miles. tue walls have risen to
hei1ht OF $500 feet above the river At this point
the walls break Oh abruptly, in a direction
Transverse to that OF the river, leaving
smull valley at the foot OF tine elf. Lower
down. the river COMMENCES Immediately 10 run
into "a second can IN, Of a character precisely
similar. and ending In n similar manner. Dy an
abrupt Gill. lbe length OF tiis second canon -
thirt' six milcs and ITS heiGnt above me river.
az the foot, Is 700 feet. A third similar can IN
follows, OF a length OF sixty-twO aud ali
miles and a maximum depth OF l3JO feet, be
upper of the cahons produced by these inclined
stems has been nJmed by Major Powell the
&. non OF ID ISOLATION, and the ciihs at It's foot
the Brown cuff. Tho second. Gray G n m. and
its Cliifs are KIN lwn "a tho Book GINS or Book
Mountains, OF Capt Gunnison's narrative. Ine
line OF tncse elf, extends Ia an easteriy direc-
ton to the Grand, aud DOrd ers the Grand IN an
almos unproken line TO the edxe OF mo NOUN
I ins. The third canon bears the name OF La
hy NTH Can ~, and ITS termtn lting clns tue
Orange Guns. saltwater Canon begins at the
below the Junction Of the Grand aud
the Green. Tue meeting Of the waters
takes place In the gloomy depths of tins
canon, 1,30 feet below the upper.
NATURES MONUMENTS.
Following the Grand river no from rho point
of Junction. we nnd its enclosing walls gradually
lesusniug IN height until they are scarcely more
than bluffs In SIZE. hen We approach the sierra
la Il. wnicn reais its Oire SUBMITS OuVO ieet
above ua. aud 1900 feet dpov5 the sea. Here the
mOnotonY OF plateau and canon - broken. The
enuImouS eruption Of tracnyt by which these
mountains wore formed has terribly unset the
country for many mi es around, and through tho
mass Of runs the great river IS INA q pressed to
Ind passage. furlter up, we mud II alternately
winding al out taHqhiy IN open valleys,
and rushing manly through nlns In tue
soft sandstOnes. until we reach the dye OF the
mountains. Here We leave II and return TO the
Colorado.
\ snort, distance above the junction OF the
oTiDu ana tue tIeef1, tnN Suftdft OF tue conn
try begins to rise with long. gentle SLOPE to-
ward the summit OF = fold. saltwater and Cat
arsct en- ,ns are c1t In th,s icij. he walls
reaches the axis of the fold. IL seems
TO become discouraged at tine prospect
OF the difficulties ahead, and turning nearly
at right angles IL runs diagOn lily To
the. axis. anu as gr duaily out OF the
! fold, nc the mouth OF the Dirty Dewitt river. Tue
axis oi TINS fold must have a direction about
no The 81 aud south vest. There Is here a OFT OF
| open valley, and then another cdnJn-Gien
| en- iu-suerepuS. In FMS latter the
| around the end Of the fpid wnich ne ided IL OF
above. The greatest height OF Glen can m Is
! lblo feet. AGAIN the river rms into can ms.
| ~ afraid Of the sunlight. There IS here another
| inclined plateau slu ping toward the north,
and IN II the river bu rrows deeper and deeper
uniil, at the mouth OF the Colorado Chlquito,
1t Is $500 ieet below the surface inns Is Marble
canon. The river h ~ turned toward the vest,
and at the foot OF this canon the general course
OF the river Is west. A. thts point tt Is crossed
by Tue Parla ioli IN whea the drop Of me beds
Is TO the east, thus suddenly increasing the
height OF the surface OF tue country, anu tina
Of the walls at tue point OF crossing the river
the throw Is about $40.
GREAT THROWS.
| Further down the riveris met ano ther fault
which IN some pluces 10 preserved as 4 fold run
MN. across tue rivers course. THIS 4 an enor-
nous one. with throw ~ ~ put 3.0JJ fee. Tho
| drop Is mere. aain the PartA. fuJ. to the east.
his Is the Eastern k-iioao fault, and the plateau
| above II l. known the kMbao e. mount ain
! lying down plateau. The 4 n III her gains ia
maximum deptn, winch Is more than dOO1 feet.
| lhis j. not IN silgle slope frOtu the water a
Large 1T o. II IS ia one or two oencnes. wnion
stand oack one. two three miles from the
edge Of the lower cliffs. Tue great throw of the
Parta fold has DTougnt to toe SUI face the under
| hing granite, and the lower cliffs Of the Grand
| canon are OF this rock.
| Crossing the n. ioaD plateau toward the west
twenty hvo or tuirty miles, We enco lnter steep
descent To the west. TINS srks the II . OF a
fault, the Western Kaiblh fauit The throw
ranges ia amount from 90 - 2UC feet. Inc
! deepest part OF tue Grand can IN T. now passed.
| SIN going west, We pass over nat country 10
another steep descent. this time II about oJ0
feet. MS marks che lac OF the furowcap flult.
Twelve or fifteen miles further in the same di-
rectiOn. ana We meet another and greater fault.
| with tue tn ow IN tbs same direction, ana Of
| 2OOO - 500 feet throw. TINS Is called the Hur-
r1cIbe Led-o fault. and twenty live tntrty
! miles beyond Il still another, tue Grand Wash
/ fdult. lnis l. an enormous one. with a throw OF
5OOJ Feet where II crosses the river. THIS DrinEs
! toe level Of the country nearly bwn to tnlt VI
tue Titer aud thus ends the Grani canon.
THUS we ma It's walls to rise in successive,
abrupt steps from the east, the iu.e vculng
/ plateau bslnH nearly Nat, until they reaon a
height above the river Of moro IN al 600 feet
where the river cuts through the kuDIO plateau
AN then 10 descend in slmiitr manner to
thr level u the river at the mouth OF the u md
Wash. Below the 6ranu W ash dry stream Ucd a.,
| when enters the tuiur, do from tue north, the
river turns south again, and ent r. the Black
canon OF Ives repOrt--l canon which would Ue
| remaTksbie feature were II not brought iuto
such close Juxtaposition with that Dreny de-
| scriDed above. u low II the river ruus narrow