Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-18
A REMARKAHLE SAND DUNE,
A Movable Mountain Of Pure Sand
Formed by Nevada Zephyrs.
From the Reno Gazette.

From the Reno Gazette.
In the eastern part of Churchill county near
Sand Springs station, on the road from Wads-
worth TO Grantsville and about sixty-five miles
from the former place is sand dune which is
remarkable alike for its peculiar formation and
moving prOpensIties. As far around as the eye
can reach is vast wilderness of greasewood and
stunted sagebrush, with here and there abrupt
mountain ridges. or a sharp. rocky peak evil
IDENTITY placed there long before the mythical
persons left their mysterious footprints in the
mud now hardened for the annoyance OF the
state prison inmates. and for no other appar-
cnt purpose than to deceive the unaccustOmed
traveller as regards their distance from any place
he happens to be located The dune or sand
mountain ridge, which is about four miles in
length. and covers probably mile of grease
wood in width. was. perhaps. formed by the
heavy winds which prevail in that section. blow
ing across these deserts through natural
opening in small range of mountains and de-
posting the small particles of sand that We're
picked up in heap where the winds course is
disturbed and an eddy formed.
In the whole dune, which is from 100 to 400
feet in height. and contains millions of tons of
sand, it is impossible to find particle much
larger than pin head. 1t is so fine that if an
ordinary barley sack be filled and placed i'm a
moving wagon the iolting of the vehicle would
empty the sack, and yet it has no form of dust
mountain is so solid as to give it q musical sound
when trod upon, and oftentines bird lighting
on 1t, or large lizard running across the bot
tom, VIII start large quantity of the sand to
sliding. which makes a noise resembling the vi
oration OF telegraph wires with hard wind
blowing, but so much louder that it is often
heard at distance of six or seven miles. and is
deafening TO person standing within O short
distance of the sliding sand.
A peculiar feature of the dune is that II is not
stationary, but rolls slowly eastward the wind
gathering it up on the west end and CARRYING it
along the ridge until 1t is again deposited at the
eastern end. Mr. Monroe, the well-known sur
veyOr, having heard of the rambling habits of
this mammoth sand heap, quite a number of
years ago took careful bearings on 1t while sec
tIoniZing government lands in that vicinity
Several years later he visited the place and
found that the dune had moved something over
mile.
JAMES RUSSELL. LOWELL tested the power of
name once by sending to James L. Field a
contribution 10 the Atlantic Monthly copied by
another hani and signed W. Perry Payne. It
was rejected, as Mr.. Field subsequently, told
Mr.. Lowell, who engineered q conversation so
as 10 bring the subject up. because it was ridic-
alous trash; and Mr.. Field could scarcely for
give Mr.. Lowell when he explained the trick
and fathered the ridiculous trash.
Evangelist Barnes has finished his revival,
work in Cincinnati. and acknowledges that he
has failed to do much good to the sinners of
| that city. Il have had night after night the
same audience Of Christians, !" he says, sbut my
mission Is to reach sinners"
There Is q rumor that fashionable ladies' are
now tinting the tips of their ears with pink.
and a fashion paper takes occasion to condemn
it. Wig sho'lin't they do 1t as long as the men
tint tho tips Of their noses7