Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Joseph] Le Conte
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In the grass between A & B where the slates are awanting they are always to be found upon the summits of speirs & peaks of sufficient height as on the Hoffman range & the highest peaks of the Merced group. In many places where slate is absent on comparatively high mtns the quality of the granite proves that the line of separation from the slate is nearly reached. - Damdation hs been greatest just where we would expect it to be viz between A & B for there glaciers would according to present data attain their greatest depth. Lower, they would gradually shallow by increasing warmth of temperature. Higher they would be gradually less accumulated until they curved unswedged up against sharp naked summits or against nearly motionless tablelands of ice Glaciers are removing Slates from the granite now I think that this piece of mtn restoration will please you It was you wh first directed my attention in this direction & I am delighted to find your suggest- ions bearing such glorious fruit. I will not at present guess concerning the depth of slate Strata wh have been removed nor of other strata still higher. but of this I am sure. The present Summits of the range are fragments wh have been cut down this (Section 2) from a height wh I will not regard at this time. Also, the present axis of the main range does not
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Apr 20
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0775-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0775
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
