New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
THE GREAT MUIR GLACIER IN ALASKA.

From The juneau city Mining Record c,r,rt,c front
two or hree hundred above the wa er and mlie
wide. Fancy wall Of blue ice Win grooes
crevees eccs3es higher han ben nGctoce that is
and mile in width IL Is "a orm and drpth
Of color and the time awful IN It's gT ran c
And not alone Is the sh. breaking to pieces
with sounds that resemble tho diseharge u ne~s
guns or the 1 bead or succession Of
,bem Ike the belchlng of whole park OF aruIerS,
whom no ou,w ma.ssn of Ice Within the glacier hen
sdne huge berg topples over with roar anu h,sm n
tisss thrown aoft Ike smoke great pinnacle Ui
ice Is seen bobbing about In wlcseu a Sfo II got
lee down to batt. for life with the sun ana ae el
uents on its seaward cruise Inc wusos ,ean'cr and
%asb he shores miles away. There is scaiceN n'c mn;
ues In the whole day or night wn1us oh side Of
ttion ~ this kind. There mountains cach siuo Vi
u a,acIsr tho one upon the rgnt. or south shore'
bene the highest High up on the oaro a ined NV
Ser,a action The present glacier Is reirograhs
nuIte raDdly as NAV be seen BY many evr;eaces %
us oI ISr af ealer visitors On either side orans
half mil. in width unowed and siaSh ne , ny o 70
others higher up the denle as the glacier
These mcrancs are composed q hou Sda anu on The
north side the material Is more Of clayey SoFo, :"
lca,t In part, and the stumps oi an anIIcu, t,cr
n oS' ""vcrwhcncd by tie Icy Hood some scientists
claim these forests are IN ieai rb intcror Of the
nany nru, s vet frozen and at the head of one
Of the little aycs formed BY l4mcr f Sia rom
Wnnuilyc icc cavern. Notwithstanding the con-
guIty of The Itself and the GENERALLY HAM iS IN s the
| morane In the centre of the glacier some t"S
me from its sGoq Is rO S o dI ice has ' not yet
ground down. 1t is interesting to sec now sle mas
stream Of Ice conforms al Ie rcn To s below On
approaching departing from Muir lhe', 'ho FUS a.,
aeer may look back upon this literal sea VI While
In
Mountains. which form the backbone Of the peninsula
between Glacior BAY and Lynn ANA al ,,,r glacier.
The following facts relating 10 mo Nulr, EdVtY E
its measm and movement are derived WHY WHY
rom ,,r slacier may be said occupy an amphi-
,hoarre witch has tho dimensions OF about twenty,
east 70 vest The opening of this amphiIheairo at
Mir Inlot is toward tho south southeast. Ii Is TWO
piles obcr Al the outlet Into the amyhItheare pour
nine glaciers, and the sub-branches tha' are vso,e
make the ahlucnts more than twenty In number
pnmr Of the main branches come IN from the east
but the have nearly spent thelr loT VII
tIo focus Of the amphitheatre. The irst tributary
from the southwest also practically loses lS lo 6
before reaching tue main current me no if ans
two from the north The motion Is nero niuSn mo-
rapid Observations made upon he Goo and 5o
Z Yards nom the front, showed tho movement TO b
los feet at the first point, sixty i've at me seeo'
and scventy-nvc at the third per day The SUNNI
Of hc lower point little over 6o feSi a@d Fs
feet aSSys iss Tae mo s' pCaSy 500 feet III
motion rapidly decreases on Approaching tho so media
y | MOI Amos brought down by tho prahches iroln ~
srs, est @oon. and RaI dozen miles from
tho rate observed AT two points was a1S" em e
main @ OF the ice s,d 2M o ofa one Us % IN
IS height Of the ice above the water In fpnl at N
g cSiem. point found to be 32e feet cod 6a soc iG
$, s s"a' Quarter Of milo 400 feet quarter OF mil
front Of The s T ero nS wa!e wrr csms,
:, that body Of lee 735 feet deep. 5000 feet wue an
" 200 feet long passed out into the bay In the thlrl
Of days he there, this movement ana discoar'
80 per day lilo SAYS that after the fall Of large ma
his camp. two and one half miles distant from Il
r. glaciers, would be wrapped In foam by the wave
;, One of many large masses be saw hos'ins aoo
'h 400 feet square Estimating the general hciEht
Mt the berg above tho waler to be 30 feet and It's ,ol
1896 1890 800 c tSi Zee ss contents '' "''
ds Tn. swiss glaciers, II should be remembered a
IN contracted affairs in comparison with the MUIR 81
al cIcr which four times a. wide as tho glacier
nd lected bY Iynaii for his observations ara SIX m
~ as Large as the whole surface OF ne Mount b.1
glaciers Poie wMsa' en is of nc 1 SPgoR ,I
81 much larger than the Muir; From q rinnrle
TO- Elevation c:crooking the Muir cc-h, H. whlcL
Nv obtained by an arluolS hai-ua' oi LINN anon
- eonnt no less thai fifteen tributary glacial streu
d. caccr oynr which European tourists 90 into ecsac
Drawn from the inexhauslbic bat annaiY dlmln'
E. ING accumllatons OF SNOW ~nIcR vi ,he o n
~ streams Of elastic conGea'!on unite like the strar
's' Of rope 10 form ihc irresistible current OF me MI
sc. | Tho surface 81 the giAcer IA not uniformly le'
I'm | and smooth Hike a boulevard II has Is dIius
~ | Jn,es its cascades. riffs and rapds. Ike frF !
al. ,ro,cn river In the Immediate front and ester
ted snr mile or back TIA whole surface Is the ii
tho rugged formation ENABLE II T. utterly mpossi
An fnr any living creature traverse H. belne In
n eomnact AGGREGATION NJ wcdgr- shaued AMI roun'
dl' CONES 81 solid Ice. canned bv dScoorcd ana di'
the ,crratInr snow Put away back IN the mount
,et nasscs n T. easily travCrsci with sledges or sh
as, Shoes Indians cross the divide az sundtY pa
ION alone tho coast from the $ llcen 10 Copper XIV
vii "'""e ~ .---
dis Unworthy Of Trust obinson-i say, Dumcy, !
GA umbrella | lent you last week 81" '"''' N''
.. | this morning. ,-,., 49,. =, ,
fan crtsy. and he mus, have loaned II 70 Jones, I
men | man smith can't DO depended upon-tIhe Epoch