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of the shore cliffs, seeking fossils. Discovered only 4, all plants. Went 3 miles westward. Heavy snowbank, leaning back in the shadow most of the distance, almost changing to ice; very deep and of several years formation – not less than 40 ft. in many places. The cliffs of bluffs are from 200 to ne...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3096 2023-08-27T04:09:16+02:00 June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 95 Muir, John 1881-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2097 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3096/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2097 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3096/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1881 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:03:34Z of the shore cliffs, seeking fossils. Discovered only 4, all plants. Went 3 miles westward. Heavy snowbank, leaning back in the shadow most of the distance, almost changing to ice; very deep and of several years formation – not less than 40 ft. in many places. The cliffs of bluffs are from 200 to nearly 400 ft. high, composed of sandstone, coal, and conglomerate, the latter predominating. Great thickness of sediments; a mile or more visible on upturned edges, which give a furrowed surface by unequal weathering. Some good coal; bituminous burns well. Veins 40 ft. thick, more or less interrupted by clayey or sandy strata. Fossils not abundant. While I was scratching the rocks for some light on the history of their formation, 8 canoe-loads of Eskimos with all their goods, tents, children, etc., passed close along the shore, going towards Icy Cape; all except one were drawn by dogs from 3 to 5 to each canoe; attached by a long string of walrus hide and driven by a woman, or half-grown girl, https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3096/thumbnail.jpg Text eskimo* walrus* University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons |
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of the shore cliffs, seeking fossils. Discovered only 4, all plants. Went 3 miles westward. Heavy snowbank, leaning back in the shadow most of the distance, almost changing to ice; very deep and of several years formation – not less than 40 ft. in many places. The cliffs of bluffs are from 200 to nearly 400 ft. high, composed of sandstone, coal, and conglomerate, the latter predominating. Great thickness of sediments; a mile or more visible on upturned edges, which give a furrowed surface by unequal weathering. Some good coal; bituminous burns well. Veins 40 ft. thick, more or less interrupted by clayey or sandy strata. Fossils not abundant. While I was scratching the rocks for some light on the history of their formation, 8 canoe-loads of Eskimos with all their goods, tents, children, etc., passed close along the shore, going towards Icy Cape; all except one were drawn by dogs from 3 to 5 to each canoe; attached by a long string of walrus hide and driven by a woman, or half-grown girl, https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3096/thumbnail.jpg |
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