Letter from [?] to John Muir, 1903 Mar 29.

twenty five (25) feet and struck water and was obliged to quit.In sinking another shaft about three miles from [home?] or the sea in same charred but in foot hills and higer up and entirely off of the tundra I encountered only eight inches of frost on surface found some cong[illegible] gravel about...

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Main Author:	Author unknown
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Language:	English
Published:	Scholarly Commons 1903
Subjects:	John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle Dry Creek Tundra
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spelling	ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-41486 2023-06-11T04:17:24+02:00 Letter from [?] to John Muir, 1903 Mar 29. Author unknown 1903-03-29T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/16551 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/41486/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/16551 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/41486/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1903 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:55:31Z twenty five (25) feet and struck water and was obliged to quit.In sinking another shaft about three miles from [home?] or the sea in same charred but in foot hills and higer up and entirely off of the tundra I encountered only eight inches of frost on surface found some cong[illegible] gravel about 30 feet down, which the miners at first thought to be frost.How could the ground at shaft [illegible] freeze so deep?Of course the water I encountered was from Dry creek channel thawed down by the presence of water and surface gravel. Last winter I erected on Snake River near [home?] for the Wild Goose [illegible]ing and Trading Co. a 500 H.P. pumping plant for hydraulic purposes.The ground was [same?] as at shaft [illegible] we put 18 feet of concrete into an excavation so far it is O.K., but in time water may thaw it [some?], I am watching it and will03200 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/41486/thumbnail.jpg Text Tundra University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Dry Creek ENVELOPE(-140.392,-140.392,62.334,62.334)
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description	twenty five (25) feet and struck water and was obliged to quit.In sinking another shaft about three miles from [home?] or the sea in same charred but in foot hills and higer up and entirely off of the tundra I encountered only eight inches of frost on surface found some cong[illegible] gravel about 30 feet down, which the miners at first thought to be frost.How could the ground at shaft [illegible] freeze so deep?Of course the water I encountered was from Dry creek channel thawed down by the presence of water and surface gravel. Last winter I erected on Snake River near [home?] for the Wild Goose [illegible]ing and Trading Co. a 500 H.P. pumping plant for hydraulic purposes.The ground was [same?] as at shaft [illegible] we put 18 feet of concrete into an excavation so far it is O.K., but in time water may thaw it [some?], I am watching it and will03200 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/41486/thumbnail.jpg
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Letter from [?] to John Muir, 1903 Mar 29.

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