Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-01-18

The White river division was direct
ed by George B. Chitienden as typo
grapher, accom- panied by f. M. End
lich as geologist. The district assign
ed this party commenced from the
eastward at longitude 107' 30, joining
OH the work previously done, aud ex.
tended westward 80 miles Into Utah
Territory. Its southern boundary wa;
north latitude so Sc, while the White
river formed the northern limit.
The party saw no lakes of more than
400 yards in diameter, and only two OIL
three of those. The country is nearly all
inha5itable, both winter and summer,
and considerable portion OF it valuable,
and though three quarters OF it is with
in the Ute Indian Reservation, the ad-
vantage of a more accurate knowledge
of its character can easily be seen. The
The country is almost destitute of lum.
Der and has but little good water. 1t
is, however, abundantly, richly sup
plied with grass, and especially in the
winter season must be well stocked
with grass. The Book Cliffs are the
summit of plateau about 5000 feet
above SEA level, continuing unbroken
over the Green river. Toward the
south these cliffs fall off very steeply,
forming deep cailOnS that contain trib-
itaries of the Grand river. For forty
i've miles the party followed the canon
of the White river. Vertical walls in.
close the narrow river bottom and the
slopes of the higher portions by thou
sands of curiouSly eroded rock, and fig
ures that can be compared to those of
animated beings. GeGlOgicaily speak
ing, the district was one of sing ular un-
ifOrmity.
TIE field work of the Yampah di-
vision during the past season was prin-
cipally confined TO a district of North
western Colorado, lying between the
Yampah and White rivers, and be-
tween the Green river and the subOrdi-
n ate range OF mountains that lies west
Of and parallel with the Park range.
The area is embraced between parallels
39o 3W aud 40o 3V, and ineridians 1U7'
BY and 1902 3V. The plateau country
was destitute of water. About thirty
miles from the agency the White river
opens into broad barren valley, with
1nIy here and there scanty patches OF
Soon after the river enters
4 deep canon with vertical walls 1000
Teet or more in hight, and continues to
Increase in depth until the river flows
INTO the Colorado river of the West.
The place OF junction resembles fine
park surrounded on all sides with er0l.
ID terraces and plateau spurs that rise
,y steps to the divide on either side.
This park is about eight miles in length
rom east To v est
Characteristic fossils were discovered
n the valley of the Yampah. They |
ire thus shown to be exactly equiva-
ent to those now so we'll known 10 the
,alley of Bitter creek, Wyoming Ter
itory. They are all OF ofeither distinctly
American types or closely related TO-
pecies now living in American fresh
waters.
The close affinity of these FOSSILS
Jnios with species now living In the
river and It's tributaries,
GEMS plainly suggestive OF the fact
hat they represent the ancestry oi the
wing one. An interesting series oi
,cts has also been collected, showing
hat some of the so-called American
ypes of Uiaio were introduced in what
now the great Rocky Mountain re.
ion as early as the Jurassic period and