, 1877-11-17

4 Largo 1sasIn In Lake County Filled Will,
Remains of 1'r~''intoric .tni',ais.
a correspondent Of ths Eugene City {Ore.)
nr!c last June by himself auI another pnrson
70 the sseca!led fossil beds .! Lakc County,
"siissr Lake and Summer Lake both lie on
Tie confines nf the great desert. by the crossing
Vi vhlth 40 snucti suffering was experienced by
some "i the early Ursgon pi,ncerH, the tleseft
lying norsh anil east 1f these 3akes Silver Lake
Is tneofnpas.td by 'ritn:rock,' except I'll the
norih ihw"ss. TN tt't cast therr IA n zap, whtcl,
fca,is snto hasis' nearly circular. md witch Is
probably thlrty miles In diameter. This basin Is
surrounded hy Ftnl-rock on the touih, soutli-
*cs'. 1nh we;t, tsin: to thc arfch. of
ranens. aop,ng tntu the basin. tn tho nusth
auI northeast VI The f,astn the ascctt II more
9ra'lHal. but at ttlktatlc presenting att unfn-
terrupecd barrier. The surface VI tns basin Is
to slight Inequalities in the tnrti VI lliosks or
low ridges s.sing but few feet, t|lc mho'e l1cav-
tir sct with The snGc tur arteIniss!al Ercascwo1,
AMI other stna!l hut kindred rrlwtls. The soil,
i We may tal1 It SOIL kccs1ls Il, le composed of
Hight sar'i aud volcanic ash, witt. percentage
III vegetable mol,l. ntu which i.utsc will ire.
tfuently sink to Ills tctltHks. Near thu ccntto
q this basin, and uhout eighteen tnite. from
lnas Lake, eight miles frnm Christmas Lake,
III the fat1'c direction aud applruntlv on lhc
slime level. arc the Fossil 1akrs. Abuu, five
miles further Oh. in the sa1nc direction, urc Two
springs ul tolerabsy good wafer. Tliesg springs
are n5oat llaif . ,nlc apart. / heard tlle r,n.t
huEtlcrly called D,ncan's Spring, anil We called
Tue ottlcE As'u1sd string. The reks about Silver
Lake a,'d Summer Lake, where strattied, appear
tU dip to the north.
"froin twenty to forty miles In i northwest
drrctton from the Fossil Lakes. set In The lava
{ mountains, or rather mountains OF lava. IL
would stem tf1t tiiesc fuss Remains might
have Remained buried from four tu ten feet In
Ing eYes of the antiquarian, hut for The aytEoa
Vi the "Intt. There sce,.s to I,e cunstas, c,ir.
rent ot wind from the southwest. All that
srarc where bo.cs arc font,d appears to he
carried. to'sIe Of Il. to distance of from five to
te net, where Il Is piled uo In every ron. ety.
sl'''f lnrm. csl!rntly by thc action pf Tic wind
c''ctnttye evidence Of this Is found fl the nll-
rcs[.s The aetna nf the Wind bv the ald of the
roots Ut func tn6re vigorous bunch Of savc or
gfcatcwon.l. T1!csc mounds present. beautiful
example Ut stratlie,l fot,nA'tu, uftcn HE Or SIX
ths!sne.s. ycrs clearly marked. Tn The lower
Levels VI this excavation arc where the fossils
nrc tuund. We fund fossil bones of the r1c-
plant. tancl, l'crtc. and elk TT reindeer, tic
horse hefng much mt,rr abundant tl,an either of
ft Others. hut nh being 50 clearly marked as to
tcasc no doubt rs 10 tllctr identity. Tltcre were
otter bnfteA. apparently OF large animals, bnt
,Hur correspondent wa* nnal'@e to name tho uni-
naai they ONE bel"necl 10. Among tho
fossils tount the smaller t)uadruRsls Ind rep
rrssntatluh. bones answering In Size to the fnx
aud wDlf were fuuuJ: a!su others answering 10
tue stcrp Or goat In size aud appearance. I;c-
nains 1t birds ., %srs scfy pIstiui soe yery
stratchers, anu probably clhnherH, wcrc rccoE-
nlzcd, The ycrtebs:c Ur baekl,uncs Ut fish, or
sone other animal With A baektunc like the fish
4re founl n great plenty, oleo bones llkc nGthtnx
! crcr eaw betnrr. therefore will not undertake
tt iChrtl1}C ff1G1 'f1tF fbAAtj ftanitts lin