The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
OUR SUR-TROPICiL GLACIER.
Pretty Good Limitation OF the For iga
Article In southern CnIIfornla-> ..--

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Los ANTELrs June 14.-Among many OF the
Older residents of San Bernardino county the
eNisyencr. of s:rcnt, ice gorge. OF the upper
tho, san iernardin". range. has been known
gnd yneHed for dur snrns the East thirty years
story from man, different sources. and only
ivy" years ago Mr. F. Gilman. at present
SSmo% Teacher in Eotth Gimt%5i" while on az
tales ." an immense BODY Of ice. locked up 'i in
canon that YVES pressing immense masses Of
grant" down inc valleys below.
cd secnrinE sHi1abr %Tt';t party under
;Ang les over, t." kite-sharcd track OF. the
Santa r. road Monday, Junel. AZ Highland
and at IN" LAX" mustangs mnd burros, wore
procured 10 - to III" h"adWat"rS OF the Santa
Ana liver aud thcr" maze the ascent OF Gray
stop at rho Bear valcy Hot"l was a June snow tMy
s stira wlla faii OF six inches; the altitude
pitches in the morning. quarter Of an iuch
\ start was made ats o'clock the next morn.
ing. and n CLIMB of Loo feet was made to the
slm'ai, Of III" rGn"r a3uth Of Pine Lake. The
sGcyoa T 5 III lsnt to- t6 o,
Eanta nma Nn'%v p # mT't pEGnitous There
and cautiously threading their way ""er
i,e ConId.r.: at an ,altituds Of 900"
mile wide was crossed, and thon the
party turned INTO = calon That wnss, nppar:
'ilIN IN Ib IL iran wound
in and out" IN" rugged ANA forDldding noun
tnlh fiter "1W.Ts stIetnhinG upward toward
hT tyr PAX 24' w n2u rsaehe yff yes saT
which covered the snowy tops Of Grayback
Mi"Unt"n ian bernard no. and other peaks OF
thc. canon the masses Of snow along he sides
and IN the old torrent bed becn ne more rre-
t4mEa. twenty. ,hlrty and dtty feet in depth.
III, =" "',"mt was wa ,t.rp incline and on
sd" that "NtrnIrd upward for, hundreds Of
lrrf t. ln'n's ErAr ne summit These rhvines,
"T%nE !" . RhG Of h a mH II wsis nsd
fu'I o, snow. ThGT ran into a canon that
w w., spi{I4i!y aownwHrI tending n .
"t Gl .0"r~, sill! ihr@ wer" n"t Of su efficient
and tho. parry followed no trend Of those
rnyy!n", IN ~oIih"r!y direction, crossing q
tL.%"m yunr'tn luIiy goo Jet. '"''' ''
They cam, 10 "a" mun or mother gorge,
W WI f., r%irnd," from n summit hownward
SHAPED. i was iilly an gigh i oil, a mile IN
Width e" sEmmt ami wIdenncd to three
tn, cr"st Of III, gorge at tho top Of tho noun
tain lay in trains. thrr" h"!ng one deposit In
in G"pth. ON one sidc II ta- 'lssure the strata
n" Sharply ds'inrl'. zach repre- .eui ing the ac-
r rol, on Of sHE,o yrnF he lpwest and
About half - milo Il onward from the sum
nI t S.rIg sS % ESrr,G ore dcssribss as
meet Ia one common channel and deb0uch into
the m4in ;or:;., Al The point % Juncture there
w"r" fragment !ry !ndi ,H!i1Gs t.at ut some
lnnS ulrt p'rvd tho smaller channel had been
Z ''%' YER lateral nuratnrs formed OF earthy
matter and ,.'tr.tnS which had been de-.
uron III surface 81 tn" moving snow and
lr. co." etr"iE"f tho stratiacatinns leads 10
va, h",,"i TIA, tn" %ia'icr moves somewhere
m,arS, lRmiuat"d. an Is bitter to The tasts
lh"EIa icrprlpngl is fL.iy four miles long totSe
tho sun rIn brin:, the full force OF its rays to
Lac DEdr on ,hi Ice. Here i melts away and fur.
few hundred yards sinks into the ground 10
rise later on and form the Santa Ana Hiysx