Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-15
KINGS NWeR CANYON.
a Region That L. said to Rival the Yo-
semtte In Nataral reanty.


semitic Ia Natural iteanty.
Except la t.Ie matter of waterfalls. Yo
semitic isn't in 1t when compared with the
great Kings rNer canyon" said Artis, q
D. Robinson.
John T. Irish said that the beauty Of
the Yosemite valley was its oneness" re
sumed MIR Robinson Il cannot under
stand what h. means 10y that II he means
the oneness OF the Yosemite ring he is just
about right, but IL he means that the io
semitic valley stands alone by itself he is
away IN the ackgruund He does not
know anything at all about the Yosemite
aud don't think he ever saw the valley
until he was appointed one of It's commits
sioners,
John Muir can ofTer indisputable evi
dence that the Yosemite valley repeats
itself time and again all through the
Sierras, with the exception Of the Hetchy
Hetchy valley You rau see the Hctchy
Hetchy valley inside OF the Yosemite. aud
there Is nothing to jar upon the scene VI
harmony But some Of the peaks in the
great Kings river canyon are equally as
high lon can set the Yosemite aud
Hetchy lietchy valleys together Ia the
Kings river canyon and there will he plen
~ OF room TO move them up and down
lengthwise
''1The canyon increases in importance and
magnitude as you go up the valley. but the
broadest spaces are found near its mouth.
This narrowest part, where the glaciers
have worked most actively. Is at its upper
end. and there H. walls are the loftiest.
-. VI Ilutchings, the pioneer was the
original explorer VI Kings river canyon. NJ
he was Of the Yosemite valley. All the
trails and other improvements in the Yo
semitic valley were designed by him"
Mr.. Robinson was loud in his praise OF
the scenic beauty OF the Kings river canyon
He exhibited several oil sketches In proof
of his statement and these sketches are re
markable for The emerald meadows, the
lofty peaks and the deep blue skies they
portray. In fact, this deep blueness, verg
ing on indigo, seems to he an cxaggeration
but Mr.. Robinson declares that his sky
tint Is as true to nature as his art could
make II.
One Of these sketche. portrays Mount
Hutchings, bold peak rising between
1000 and 1000 feet above the floor of the
valley, through which flows the picturesqus
stream known as the south fork of the
Kings river The only waterfall OF any
great magnitude is the Roaring river falls.
II appears to be not more than-weuty. five
feet wide aud fifty feet high. but by meas
uremeuts made by surveyors IL In fifty feet
wide by 100 feet high.
I Its appearance Is deceptive because OF the
lofty cliffs that close In on IL on the sides
and in the rear. The water falls over q
precipice, making beautiful fan Of foam,
and spreading out In turbulent, eddying
mass into Roaring river. The wall back
OF IL stands 2,O00 feet above the level OF the
river, and on the left hand side rises a peak
ON whose top the snow falls while IL rain.
ON the river below
The Muir dome, about half way up tn,
valley, Is an imposing mountain, and verJ
much resembles the north dome Of th,
Yosemite 1t stands nearly 5000 feet abov'
the level OF the valley II is really an ele
waited ridge, the front face of which hear
a very strong resemblance To III Capitar
In the Yosemite valley
Another sketch in oil portrays somber
towering wall 81 blue granite, roughly fur
rowed by the storms Of centuries.
Mr.. Muir has named it the Seven Gables
on account OF its remarkable resem blame,
TO the gables OF AN immense building. A
the foot Of this mountain In n beautifu
emerald meadow whose sides are studde'
with giant sequoias.
The highest summit crossed by Messrs
Robinson and Muir stands s s.iJO feet aboy
sea level II has been named the Grea
Summit.
In the canyon are 1--WE great groves {
sequoias, ono Of the trees named Genera
Grant measuring thirty niue feet In dian
eter at the base. The trunk has bee
burned from a circular form into that Z
an ellipse, and its original diameter mus
have been more than forty feet The va
ley Is from Is to 100 miles east Of Fresh
. city, and Is uninhabited save by fe,
dwellers In cabins. San Francisco Exam
liner.