western part of Arizona. Here the mutilated breast of Mother Earth discloses a chasm from three thousand feet to seven tho

in places twenty miles across. It is not a clean-cut open channel from wall to wall, but, on the contrary, it is filled with castellated peaks,

ient river before the Mississippi was born and

what, no one knows. So it spread out into a great lake, or, perhaps, into an inland sea several thousand f

d swept them along with such force that each became a tiny mallet and chisel combined to cut and carry away other rock. And so it kept on until it had carved a passage not only to the original granite bed rock but in places a thousand feet or more into it. A few localities excepted, the canyon does not form a single gash; nor has it the usual V

lorado and its tributaries, while the land through which they flow has been literally drained to death. Even the tributaries have formed deep lateral canyon

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a deep and impassable gorge existed in one part of the Colorado River,

on because it was so difficult of access, and so little was known of

nse beds of marble that form a part of its walls. In both canyons the limestone sometimes takes th

rom a landing on Green River in Utah, floated down Green River to its junction with the Grand, and thence down the Colorado

of his men left him when the voyage was but partly finished, being frightened by the perils that beset them. They wer

owell's party, and every new bend of the river was liable to disclose a cataract more dangerous than any encountered before. Then the reverberating sound of the roaring river as it struck the sides of its lofty

ibe the immensity of this great handiwork of nature, and scores of perso

a of rocks of which they are composed. Many of these rocks are richly colored; the tints as a rule result from the salts of iron and other mineral matter disseminated through them. In some instances the coloring mater

from each other, are seen near sunrise or sunset with their shiftin

velling along the brink, but by descending to the river level in order to examine them from below. Then only wil

ly interesting book which reveals much of

canyons but also to make a series of photographs which should form a continuous panoramic view of the proposed route. A large sum of money was spent in making the surveys; th

the edge of the canyon. The descent to the bottom of the canyon can be made by several trails. Those noted for easy descent and the best views are Grand View and Red Canyon Trails

s sawed its channel to the base level of a series of plateaus, sometimes called the Sierra Abajo. And the interesting problem is-how was the sawing process accomplished? It needs onl

che Point from Mystic Spring Platea

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the range, but at its top. It is merely a question of age. The Colorado and its chief tributaries are older than the mountain upl

ut downward just as rapidly. In time the ranges were pushed upward to their present height; but when the uplift was completed, in each case it was sawed to the bottom by the river. It is in very muc

is the wealth, and great wealth it is. The water of the river is very muddy. Dip up a bucket filled to the brim and allow it to stand for ten or twelve hours. There is an inch or two

ain above and below, constitutes an area of productive land about as large as the State of Illinois. Moreover, the area is constantly increasing, because of the enormous amount of rock