The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-12-10

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near s7iil' Ont sil'u'' more -he bi9"s.
anu eouia see III my ihlH' 'se lh'
giant Iislhg if'1th 'he Heep "a''f liat
once h9"el over lhe 10" p'pulous 'itg
Vi tiis Aisei7 anu 'ii' suti "uuplhs Mn.
having had thl7 silRnt experience
win Nh'ie7 Oh ny anu j va HI LUZ
prl9ea Wheh ifiehd roia'ed tlhiilar
experience 10 me anu 'Hr a'''iilsiii' ~
us 'iae9N'fN pio'u'''L IL "d7 an 9ia
re'lueht anu III l9rlH'F years hal ten d
prospteioi' ana at 'liii'7 'He GA isYtf
1or discovery came upon MN upon
Whleh ne "ouia WANDER Oh on the e'iRe
OF inc desert or up among inc NOM.
'tlhs OIL southern NaIliorAla III s'arch
oI Color
va enc ol 'hese eAleuI'lohs ~ I9l'
I'Ne" up aiy Nash' "AlcH III mn
"a9 feaiihs torrent anu "Alsh lof
ages haa sent a9"h 'he roch ana graz =
OF .he aaJaeellt mountains 70 the Va
icy peio"' Haails turning mo i oi''iieh
canyon "hieh efaGual4y gre" narrower
ana narrower uhtll ne i"uia himself a.
'he Top u the range near 'iie alNl''e
ONtlIuohlHs "a de'p ai'PHIlIl''''fi. III
'le I9f'h sac 'ne mountain haa - "a
cut down NeItlealIY' ana rom Nhst4 BE
$1,000 II looked as thouEh a eleah'lh
KNIT haa cleit .he mountain 'Ids, lsaf-
ing tne ease pare ana the fsa ehiil
hlled WIN great boWia'rS ready 70 lg.l
down alief eaeh winter ram
ms leese ana 'he deposit al us p'9e
attracted tile attention Oh inc liIoslt II.
Or ana coming TO the latter he iaunt
among the heaps oil stones "a huee nome
Whieh hlsh. nave passed lpr the illAa
OF Tree liilpe'p'a III inc SOIL FOLLOW
liiS up the si9pe' ne r"!SV'' MS Eyes 10
'Ae ellli anu 81" plolf"'IhE from II
o'her noiies. ,'raduaiIy 10 hi' amaze
ilcli'' my tooh shape' dH'l ne sa" lhe
skele'oli Oh gigantic "HaIe stfttehea
alohs ohe slde oi 'hr hlpunlalh' st'iid
ing Out III strong reIlel against tie reei
earth' 0ohie ol inc bones had Ialleh
uo"h' nut 'he greater huiApet s'eei III
the natural POSITION a. the monster mad
ulcd' ana me "IiaIe 'ilaV hau once s"uih
over TINS spot ana exposed lis enormous
Ichs'h TO the not sun now lay stretched
along ,he aleleht sea potion. IL haa
been illted by some mighty ca'aeigsm
H'ooo leee INTO the ar the roots Of me
great trees ciSplng lts bone9, the WIN
Ter rams Undermining IT, Whlie the sea
that was once us nome haa reeedea ana
lay olue III the summer maze ~ hil4es
away
Inc OLD prospector could hardly real.
ize Tor a moment that the skeleton OF
the monster WAS before MN. linen, tax
ing ms PICK ana attacking II, he became
a whaier literally among the pines OF
'he southern oierras'
nave since seen portions Of an
cther "haie III orahch OF the coast
range near san Juan Caplstraho' and
not lar distant, Ill qulcksand, was
discovered the remains OF large Gle
phaht allleo TO tlle mammoth, Whlie ten
miles from san Juan visited bed OF
large sheils that covered acres Of couh-
Try so CLOSELY PACKED together that th'E
were shoFeled out III sollu hiasses anu
ground up INTO llihe'
Along the southern SlerraS' especial
~ III the coast range, II Is possible to 20
Whallne' hshlhs ana sheil hunting from
l'Voo 10 o,ooo leet ABOVE the present
IeVei Oh 'he ocean ana with POSITIVE
assurance OF hhdlnS the remains Of
some OF these stranded ahlmais mat
inns extraordinary CONFUSION OF nature
ana not occur SO very long ago l. cyl
dent from the good proSerVatlon ii tn
bones, and ON the seaShoro shells are
loullu ~ leet aboNt hlSA water marx
almost liehtleal with those living be-
low them.
9eVeral 'louSaha years ago came the
blrth OF the coast range OF mountains.
.b.,, tha .nt,ra o,,s+ 1r,e olarotad
prnvia,s tn this tba OCEAN undoubtedly