The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-14
CACHE VALLEY.
Hunting, Inspecting and Looking
Around Generally.

LOGAN, September 90, 1883.
Editors Herald:
Having recently visited some o
the country in this section contai''
ing strong evidence of past volcanic
disturbances and great earthquakes
and having a faint suspicion in m,
mind that, with intelligent direction
and the outlay of some capital, some
OF the existing conditions could bs
made a good practical use of.
thought it good subject TO vent
myself on, [ had heard of these
natural wonders, previous to my
going, and was awaiting The first
favorable opportunity to visit them
when 1 received an invitation to
Din a hunting party going in that
direction. Everything having Ieen
provided for the trip, eagerly ac>
cepted the invitation, and we left
Logan late in the afternoon. Dark
ness overlook us before we We're
many miles from the city, and to
save time we to- K a short cut across
the bottoms" The old-time
proVerb, that "the longest
way roundEi was the shortest
way home" was again verified in
our case. On our approach to
large ditch we discovered that the
planks had been taken off the
bridge, and nothing remained but
the strlngers Our next move was
20 attempt to ford the ditch: but our
driver here commenced to display
certain peculiar atrocities with
which nature had endowed him.
and refused to strike the bank
squarely. The result was a slight
break In the wagon, and a delay of
half an hour. However we"patched
the things" and proceeded on our
way. The first natural wonder that
arrested our attention and chal-
lenged comment was the county
bridge across Bear river. This an
Gent structure is, or rather was.
remarkable in many ways. The fact
that a people of the Intelligence
that Cache county boasts, would
allow such a trap to be the connect
ing link between the two sides of
their valley, is In itself remark
able phenomenon. And when one
considers that every time, for
years perhaps, that vehicles have
crossed that bridge, the old |
structure would sway to and fro. as |
1t would in a windstOrm, is is !
nothing short of remarkable that it |
has STOOD as long as it has. Our
party succeeded in crossing all
right, AID with no inconvenience.
excepting slight sensation of sea.
sickness caused by the swaying mo-
ton alluded to before. But we will |,
have more about this bridge further
)n In our communication.
We made camp that night about !,
1Xteen miles from Logan; and be-
ore night had given up possession {
Il the blue canopy. we were on the !
DAD again. We had journeyed about {
Wo miles, when we rounded the
Joint of a mountain along whose 9
ase we had travelled nearly five T
niles. In the uncertain fight Of the s
ariy down the huge boulders LAYING
catered around on the level and 8
own the hill side, presented al +
7elrd appearance, and az the light {
Increased the character of the rocks f
0uld be discovered. The rocks r
ere OF the same appearance as the O
Ills up the mountain side. This /,
lscOVery knocked in the head .,
Il our hopes that the rocks owed n.
leir present position to some =
'rrible volcanic eruption, and y
lat we were going to discover some y
rong evidences of the fact. How y
Ter, our disappointment in this .,
spect wac soon forgotten, for :.
LIST as daylight had become certain. {!
9 approached a slight elevation 81
ing to the right of the road. Our "
liver kindly drove up the grade, ct
I'd only stopped when he could 90 q
, further without plunging US all al
TO the bowels of the earth. For q
sht there before US was the yawn- th
g crater OF an extinct volcano. a
ne crater was q perfect circle, and th
ensured ninety-fve feet in circum- O
renee. These are the dimensions OF
the present opening Of the crater, be
lt there is every reason to believe hf
at at one time the circumference de
IS between 600 and 100 feet: or at
inner. that the beginning of the Al,
walton was at one time the edge 81
the crater. This is the more -
sonable when we come to ex- -:
inc the inside of the crater. The VI
lst.is lava, which at the time of oI
nation was in another condition. go
l FROM the edge the interior wild va
rs it goes downward. And this str
4 very sharp angle, giving the mi
a that one Of the last acts of the wa
sc monster was to attempt to ito
er itself in with a thick crust of VII
a. There are many other such of
Vations in the neighborhood, and the
8 reasonable to conclude that cal
Sc have been active volcanoes; div
the only reason that there is no ctr,
.ner evidence of their existence ito,
lie fact that they succeeded better mel
Overing themselves over than err
first one referred to. The crater = "a
he volcano is filed with water, n;
Oh presents a stagnant appear. = ~
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