Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-14

Of the rock close up It would touch Tn
bottom part OF medium'sihsd msh
vest, slopIng from that TO the base some
three feet, and slopiny n0rthward anu
upward for several feet, then rising
perpendicular to the top. 1t was on
this nosthward slope that the footprints
were found. AS you stood on the
ground and looked at them they had
the appearance Of having been formed
| by more than one per-on climbing up
| TO the top OF the rock. There certainly
were two different sized feet marks,
and we thought one was that OF
female apparently being nssisiei by her
lover tiptjeing through the mud.
But this rock never was In plastic
condition where II nov lay. IL IL a
large fragment OF millions Of tons OF
the same material near by, with every
sign OF being broken Off by Internal
violence as the mountain ani this frag-
ment show. Footprints can easily he
made upnn properly conditioned mud;
but could that mud be transformed
into lava rock, molten, boiled and nub.
bled as this country for hundreds OF
miles has been, pnd these same loot
prints become part OF u solid noun
tain, baked aud cooled oil for u thOus.
aud yeare, anu then this mighty chunk
klndly belched out by some violent
shock, being broken ust right TO show
US the footprints made before the bub-
bling process commrncei.
A writer Ia the Tribune, November
18th, calls It "lava rock" That's
what we call II. He suggested that
the owner OF the feet was In hurry,
while running over the partially
soft lava, rs the Imprint Of the toes IL
deeper than that OF the heels. think
partially soft lava whouii DO exceed.
ingly warm Tor bare feet, AMI II the
writer had hal our experiences in n
ru1ely constructed turiish bath heated
from u tile floor, he would nave found
that heat thus applied throws a man
back on his heels, to holloo.
Near by the rock from which the
footprints were taken are several other
rocks (irlgments) about tho same si1s.
TX ew OF aome markings upon one OF
these W. mounted to the top, upon
which twenty-five men could stand.
We discovered and pointed out to
frianu Penney one after another the
markings under our feet, a clpy
OF which enclose made upon posia'
card while upon tbs rock. There are
many other markings than those pre-
scented. All are undoubtedly works
u art, common all over Utah. The
black spots are holes In which you
could siand an egg. There are other
prints OF hands aud l Ain told some
have discovered the foot prints OF
children. There can be no doubt that
these were maize with hard instru-
ment In human hands. On the south
side OF this rock are some peculiar
hieroglyphical characters, which |
would call (haylng seen originals In
the British museum ami the book OF
Abraham) degenerate Egyptian.
Before getting down from this rock
| discovered upon tho edge u,
tho only place person could
crawl up, nolchcs, making kind
OF miniature battlement appearance;
aud my Idea Ia that tbis rock was
kind OF pulpit, shrine or altar, upon
which none but the great or powerful
might tread, and from which they
haranguei the common.folk below.
think now the same people that made
these other carvings 40 near by, u or 3
rods) also cut the footprints In question
ani that they had some special use.
Perhaps on festal days certain maidens
would test their agility In climbing,
by placing their dainty feet In these
prints aud thus winning n claim upon