Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-17

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me ice Age In North America.
Important discoveries have been
made during the last few years HE
field of glaciation is very extensive. in
Guiding the mountains of Norway and
Sweden, those of central Europe, New
Zealand, and the whole Antarctic con-
tinent. Some of these glaciers are on
. COLOSSAL scale. as one at Spitzbergcn,
which is 300 feet high and Z, 900 feet
across. Bnt these are only remnants Of
former glaciers which filed the North
Sea as far down as the Isle of Man.
The scandinavian glaciers extended
down to Dresden and the Hartz Noun
tainA They then swept eastward
across Poland and into Russia, cover
ing LOO, 900 kilometers, of Europe to
depth of G, 900 or 1000 feet The i'm
mense ice field encircling the South
ern Pole $500 miles in diameter.
From this fels icebergs are continu-
ally breaking off and floating north
ward.
The glaciated region of North Amer
lea. was far larger than that of Europe.
It covered all of New England, the
southern limit passing through Nam
tucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Block
Island. The region covered by New
York City and Brooklyn was all envel-
oped in ice. But this was near the
southern limit, which struck New Jer-
sey at Perth Amboy, went up to Nor
ristown and then crossed to Belvidere.
It covered small part of Pennsylva-
MIA, turned north into New York, then
southwestward into Pennsylvania and
on to the Ohio River, which it followed
about 100 miles, by Cincinnati, down
nearly to Louisville. A triangular por-
ton of Ohio was left unglaciated. In
Illinois the ice extended down to lati-
tude 3S, and crossed the Mississippi
River near st. Louis. It crossed Mis-
souri, to Kansas City, then on across
Nebraska, up to the Yellowstone, on
westward forty miles above Fort Ben
ton, and so on to the Pacific Ocean.
This outline gives us a good idea of
the southern limit of the ice field in
this country.
The cause of gIaciers-Glacier regions
can be easily recognized. Ice cannot
adapt itself to the country as water
can. Ice-felds move slowly, somewhat
as semi-fuids do. The stones under
meath are dragged along and scratched
<striated), the ice acting on these rocks
rs rasp. These scratched stones
show the action of glaciers, and the
longest diameters of these stones is
found in line with the glacier. This is
not always certain sign, as stones may
be striated by loose icebergs or by land
slides. Water deposits are always
stratifed; ice deposits are not. A
food deposits pebbles and even stones,
but low water only mud The ice
leaves the coarse and fine deposits all
mingled together, while water, acting
Us q sieve, separates and strati6es
Them. Pebbles are polished and
scratched by glacial action. The con-
tour of the glacial boundry is both SER
rate and crenate. The boundary of the
glacial deposits forms q nearly straight
line over the hills and valleys.
What was the depth of ice accumu-
lated during the glacial period? Mt.
Desert Island was completely covered,
The ice being, therefore, over 1900 feet
leep. A boulder was taken from
within twenty-five feet of the summit
If Mt Washington and carried long
distance. Monadnock was completely
covered. New England was, therefore,
rom half to whole of mile under
he ice. It was probably half mile
leep in the Mohawk Valley, and as
leep all over the Great Lakes. Ice
oergs are seven or eight feet under
water for each foot above. Yet ice.
oergs have been seen from 400 to 500
'eet out of the water, and from 1000
eet to two miles long. The ice was,
several thousand feet deep.
We judge the depth of this mighty ice
ield by Cd the mountains covered, (O
~ the depth of icebergs, and 60 by
he distance the ice moved. Unless
several thousands of feet in depth, the
CO would not have pushed south as far
IS St Louis, and carried boulders 600
niles. It is found that the glaciers of
Greenland have depth of forty-fve
eet to the mile. This would make the
lepth of the ice field over northern
New England 10000 feet, and II, ZOO
'ver Lake Erie. The ice at the South
Pole must be now twelve miles deep.
two miles wide move fifty and
ixty feet per day. The study of these |
normous ice fields shows us majestic
force in the highest activity.
)nce these ice fields extended down
rom the North Pole $500 miles,
Prof. G.. r. Wright
A Boys life was saved in singular |
manner near Gilroy Valley, Gal,