New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08

heat can only partially melt. Shasta was built
by successive erupions OF ashes and lava and its
summit is constantly disappearing by erosion,
cAposion Of gases, etc. the last feeble eApns-
slOns of the volcanic energy that reared the noun
tain. Shasta, is borne down by weight of living
glacier a contrast TO the kissing fumaroles of the
crater side Three miles from the summit is a
bench of trap rock. seven miles farther a bench
OF red lava, three miles farther third bench Of
black lava or obsidian. This is on the northern
side where it is fifteen miles from base TO summit
There is gcodetic monument Mt Shasta
erected in S75 by Captain A. +. Rodgers and Mr.,
Muir. The signal was required to connect the
lines of the trianguaton of the Coast Survey.
This monument forms one terminus Of the longest
observed geodetic line in the world the other
end being on Mt. st. Helena. 100 miles away.
The shaft is cOnoid made of copper
nickel plated and FURNISHED, and is visible from
Mt. st. Helena. The material for the mont
ncnt was carried in sections to the summit on
the backs of Indians, ten pounds being the
maximum weight which each man could carry. 1t
took four days to convey the $500 pounds Of
weight to the summit; While surveying for the
location of this signal, Mr. Muir was ovycrtakcn
compelled to pass the night there and only saved
themselves by being close to the hot vapor
springs. 800 feet below the summit. Mr.. Muir
SAYS
Just after completing the 3 D. m. obserya-
ton. the storm broke into full bloom. the
Thermometer fell from "A degrees to % degrees in
darkness like night. The wind blew with in,
conceivable violence and loud thunder mingled
the uDfO1l III i've nOUIb MO fppt Oh SHOW
fell" This occurred in April
Mnir's Peak Butte and the beautiful crater
cup of Goose Nest wers IN the foreground tow@Id war;
rock, Mt Pitt. Diamond Peak. the Three Sisters,
and Mount Jefferson were distinctly visible.
We overlooked the lower peaks of Klamath and
Still northwarl toward the Dallcs we imagined
snowy peak TO be Mount Hood. and IN
la@cy il not ii if , fact 70 the wc,t we we
cfulb a the SlPrrns. and n IMAGINE that
we saw Mount Lyall and other Yosemite peaks.
We could trace the Sacramento and Pitt Rivers
Marysvie, and the summit of Diablo could hc
sect Eastward, over the Sierras into Utah
deserts and lakes. the eye wandered, and further
on deserted Mounts Linn, St. John Rpiry. Las,
in the direction Of Carson Valley glanced a far
as Lake 6igIer.
descent, Sliding slipping and jumping with dan
gerous ease. Crushed beneath my feet the SHOW
plant Redeemed. | could make from a quarter To
half mile IN n few minutes and in three hours
accomplished ihc distance that had required eight
hours Of tell in the ascent during the earlier
hours Of thr day. There were no trees 10 impede
the views that gave such novel zest TO IN" snow
scenery of the foreground. the green of the tree
tops beneath. and the level valleys and deserts. soft
with the browns and ycllows of California; rainlcsa
summer. The camp Of pincy spruccSS an supp"TT
awaited me. Before ! yielded TO the clnnlc OF
nature and sunk 70 sleep in the dry and pincy
bed. J sal on a fallen tree and watched the fairy
mountains trying 10 trace the tedious cour>" OF
accent. And now more glorious gold elimmercd
in the sky. Rose color and ashes Of rose mingled
and shot through tn" gold and reflected their
varied tints on the snow surface Of Shasta. while
above all the blue Of the sky feckcd with
cauzy white. ON the near level below stood the
great pines, dark and murmurng in the coming
twilight and the evening breeze. Even the dead
trees shone with the golden touch OF the I1ch"n'
and a piney sweetness filed the air. The moon
was coming 10 reveal new beauties hut lrft II
TO enjoy its own bcwitchmcnts Of the tumhhng
little Sacramento that stretched baby ripple.
toward il, and sank into .lreamless, rcstinl
slumber