Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-08
INTERESTING TRIP THROUGH THE PINAcATE MOUNTAINS BY
 PARTY or SCIENTISTS.
FOUND MUCH NEW INFORMATION REGARDING PLANTS AND
 ANIMALS HERE.
Five Hundred Volcanic Craters Discov- cred From a High Peak on the Mountains Many Interesting Dis coveries Made By Party.

New discoveries among the eraters in the Pinacate mountain range and the finding of new animal and plant species were the rewards for the month s trip which party of scientists received on their journey into the wild and largely desert portion of northwest cru Sonora, says the Tucson Citizen.
 The members of the party were Dr. W. T. Hornaday, director of the New York Geological park, Hon. J. M. Phil lips, game warden of Pennsylvania, Dr. D. T. MacDougal of the Desert Botan- ical laboratory and Godfrey Sykes, the engineer who is connected with the Car negie institute at Tucson.
 The members of the party left here early in November and have just re- turned from their hard trip. They made the journey as far as possible in wagons and then continued their trip on horseback.
 They entered Mexico at the port of Nogales and returned by the same port. They had been provided with passports which gave them unusual privileges. These passports were issued by the Mex. ican government through the request made by President Roosevelt and Sec retary of State Elihu Root.
 Among the plant discoveries made the chief one was the finding that the Saguaro which is the biggest cactus that grows here, extends clear through to the Gulf of California.
 When the Pinaeate mountain range was reached the party was able to mount high peak and from that point they gould see 800 volcanic craters.
 The most remarkable one was three and one-half miles in circumference and 750 feet, with flat bottom one mile shape of bowl and it's walls are so steep and smooth that there is but one place where it is possible to make a descent into it.
 It is the opinion of the scientists that this was one of the last of the volcanoes in that section to be in ac- tion and they state that it would not be surprising if it should break forth again at any time.
 .e ko mountains in that section and it was shown that the maps previously. pre- pared had given the mountain ranges too high. Cobabi peak, south of Sonoy- ta, is but 1000 feet high, while it is given as 5000. The other highest peaks are only about 1000 feet above the sea level
 The trip was made solely in the in terests of science and much data was learned regarding the habits and dis tribution of both animals and plants. The members of the party were able to secure speciments of mountain sheep, lions and other animals. The heads and skins will be sent cast and after be- ing mounted will be presented to the National Collection of Heads and Horns of New York, the Carnegie institute in Pittsburg and the Smithsonian institu- tion in Washington.
 During the trip MT. Sykes estab- lished a walking record for one day across the sand dunes. Carrying his food and water for the day as well as surveying instruments, he left the par ty camp in tho Pinacate mountains at sunrise and tramped to the gulf shores and returned all in one day. The dis. tance is fortytwo miles.