The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-10
THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS.
Three Main RAnges-Surprising Amount
of Agricultural Land.
r. ]. Church in Union City Tribune.

r. ]. Church in Union City Tribune
The entire range appears TO be, at the first
glance, a confused mass of mountains, appar-
emily piled one on top of the other; but on
closer inspection we find that 1t consists of
three main ranges, connecting with low divides
These ranges are the Gibbons range, extending
from Cape Flattery in southwesteriy direction
to Mount Constance. its principal mountains be-
ing Mount Olympus, $50 feet; Mount Mcmillan
and Mount Anderson. This IS the highest and
most rugged OF the three ranges and contains
many huge glaciers. one on Mount Olympus be-
ing five miles long and three broad-depth un-
known. The second range is the Miles range,
extending from New Dungeness on the north 10
Mount Eleanor, overlooking Lake Cushman.
on the south. The NEST important
features of this range. which, by the way. is the
one visible from the Sound and Hoods canal,
are the Jupiter hills and Mount Constance, the
Three Brothers, Mount Lee and Mount Eleanor
/ find that numbers of the people living in this
vicinity enormously suppose that the huge
mountain opposite Union City is Mount 0lyH-
pus. Far from Il II Is Mount Eleanor, or, as il
should be called, because il can boost the profile
of the father of our country, Mount Washington.
Mount Olympus lies far to the northwest, and
is not visible from the canal OF the upper Sound
The third range extends from Mount Constance
$3.50 feet in q southwesserly direction, finally
losing itself in the low foothills of Dsmon's
point The highest mountain in this range is
Mount Church. altitude $50.
Contrary 10 al the legends and stories con-
eerning this peninsula Of ours, we found no
interior inhabitants, no sign of the giant race
no huge central table land and lake. Nothing
but mountain peak after mountain peak, inter
sr-ersed with snow fields. smiling valleys snd
raging torrents
All of the best timber lies On the slopes of
Gray's harbor snd Hoods canal, the largest
body being tributary to the latter water; while
f1nA e ~ D. So
slope on the Quinault. Queets. Hoe. Quiilayute
and Raft rivers Here we found thousands of
acres of the finest soil only covered with small
spruce and herlock. On the Grsy's ksrbog
side we also found much fne land, but the best
of il is already settled upon
The course of the expedition. e., the course
taken BY the pack train Was up the North Fork
of the Skokornish 10 It's source, thence sercss
the divide and down into the Ducksbush. up
that river to its rising. then over the grand d.
vide and down the Qutnault 20 the lake, thence
by trail TO Hunptulips, then BY barge TO Gr&y's
harbor, and from there By steamer home.
Smaller detxehmsnts were sent down the fol-
lowing rivers. TIE South Fork OF the skokom-
ish, ali OF the Grsy's harbor rivers, viz: the
satsop, wynocchie, whiskshl. Hoquiam and
HuraptuIips: also the Qainaulf, Raft, QEeets
pucksbush and the Docewaliors- The sources
Of the Hoe, both forks Of the Sclduck, the Lyle,
and three forks Of the Elvha were also thor
oughly explored
In the mountains We found iron IN quantities
AMI plenty OF me building stone; at the foot OF
Lake cushu,an superb poEter's clay, and every.
where enormous bodies OF timber In all the
vsIlevs AZ high attitudes we foGnd the beautiful
Alaska cedar, that one dsy we may hope 10 see
In the hooras or canal
As q resume, would say that the timber dis
cove-ses were expected. the amount OF sgrseui-
tursl land On the Pacific slope was a surprise,
while the meteorological hnds were diszppoint-
ing