This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... of one that we spent near the bottom of the canyon, which was unpleasantly warm. A brief report upon our trip has already been published in the "American Journal of Science," for October, 1900. Figure 1. Route-map of Grand canyon district. The dotted belt represents the weak lower Triassic and Permian ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... of one that we spent near the bottom of the canyon, which was unpleasantly warm. A brief report upon our trip has already been published in the "American Journal of Science," for October, 1900. Figure 1. Route-map of Grand canyon district. The dotted belt represents the weak lower Triassic and Permian strata separating the mesozoic area on the northeast from the palaeozoic area on the southwest. The several blocked plateaus are separated by faults (continuous lines) or flexures (broken lines). The route followed is marked by a fine broken line, with numbers to indicate dates of camps in May, 1900. F, Fredonia; H, H, Hurricane ledge and fault; K, Kanab; M, Mt. Trumbull; P, Pipe spring; Q, Toquerville; T, Toroweap valley; T, recent lava mesa. Outline taken from Dutton's Atlas. Itinerary.--June 4th, 1900, Flagstaff northward to Stokes spring, at northwest base of San Francisco mountain; 5th, northward to the Coconino forest, within four miles of Hance's on the canyon rim; 6th, descended from Cameron and Berry's Hotel by Grand View trail into canyon and spent the night at the level of the lower Tonto shales; 7th, returned to Cameron and Berry's; 8th, southward to Hull's spring on road to Flagstaff; 9th, northeastward to Little Colorado river at crossing of road from Flagstaff to Tuba; 10th, northward to Tuba; 11th, northward along base of Echo cliffs to Cottonwood tanks; 12th, still northward along Echo cliffs to Tanner's tanks; 13th, still northward along Echo cliffs, crossing the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry; 14th, southwest to Jacob's pools under the Vermilion cliffs of the Paria plateau; 15th, west to Jacob's lake on the Kaibab plateau, 16th, northwest to Fredonia; 17th, westward to Pipe spring and southwestward to Yellowstone spring...
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