Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-24
THE HERALD GLACIER
Mr.. Gilman of Banning Writes
Of the Discovery.
An Interesting Question as to the
Flow of the Water.
He Visited the Glacier Some Time Ago.
A Theory That the Water from
tho Melted Ice Flows Out
ON the Desert.

Mr.. B. Gilman, who was referred to
as having paid visit to the HsRALD
glacier, on Grayback mountain, last
year, has written letter to the Banning
Herald in reference to the same.
Mr.. Gilman in speaking of the HER
AID glacier says:
"In the Los Angeles HERALD Of June
10Th, there appeared an elaborate ac-
count Of an expedition to the wilds OF
the San Bernardino mountains, in search
Of reported glacier.
''The expedition was q success and one
Of the party wrote the article spoken Of.
The article states that traditions Of the
existence of an immense ice gorge on
Graybac have been handed down and
that parties within the last thirty years
have seen it. 1t also says that F. Gill
man found his way to the gorge some
two years ago and came back with won
drous tales concerning it,
my experience in making the ascent
differs little from that of Mr.. Ogden,
the author of the article in the Los An
geles HERALD. / have been on the top
of Grayback three times and with
seventeen different people, and none Of
us experienced the sickness or feeling
sometimes called NAL de montane. But
perhaps living in the San Gorgonio pass
at an altitude of $500 feet gives us about
1000 feet the start Of Mr.. Ogden. As
to horses, I saw one stay all night on the
highest peak and apparently suffer no
inconvenience. But Of course all men
are not alike--nor are horses.
"Mr. Ogden brings forward very in
teresting theory to account for the dis
posal Of the water from the immense
amount of ice and snow. He says that
the water flowing from its base is not
enough to account for all the ice and
snow, and thinks that the surplus sinks
and finds its way to the Pacific ocean.
In support OF his theory he points to the
artesian wells of the San Gabriel valley
and the water supply Of Redondo.
ITO this theoV would say that the
stream flowing from the base Of the gla-
cier is tributary of the stream called
Whitewater, which flows into the Colo
RADIO desert. II there be any large
underground current it flows into the
desert and is probably one of the sources
of the Salton sea. Another fact is that
water may be found at several places on
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is little rainfall on the mountains there
the water must come from somewhere
else"
Mr.. Gilman may be correct as to the
whole or part of the immense body of
water heading in the Herald glacier
flowing out into the course of the Colo
RADIO desert. The course of this subter.
ranean river may be in that direction,
or there may be a divided fow, part
going to the desert and part flowing
toward the Pacific ocean via the
San Gabriel valley. This is question
worthy of further investigation in view
Of the inestimable advantages which
would accrue from the definite location
of this vast subterranean stroam of pure
mountain water. An to the iicapacita-
ton OF the mustangs used on the trip
from NAL de montane or "monntain
aickness," 1t might be stated that the
animals used had been brought up from
the Mojave desert the day prior to the
making of the ascent. The members Of
the party affected by the high altitude
came from Los Angeles. The substan-
tial feature about Mr.. Gilman's letter is
his voluntary attestation OF the great
size and volume of the HRRAID glacier
on Gfayback, and there is no doubt It
will be visited extensively by tourists
during the coming summer. ae