Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Joseph] Le Conte
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sheltered place. Well, I had not run four miles ere I found all that I sought & you might have heard a shout in Oakland This glacier was about 12 miles in length by about 5 or 6 ms in width - of the depth I have no satisfactory data, Its course was nearly North & South uniting with the summit glaciers in the valley opposite Hutchings hotel It headed on the Tuolumne divide. The El Capitan Mountain was its western bank & that spur from the Hoffman range wh the Mono trail begins to ascend at the ford of Yosemite Creek must have formed its eastern bank. Perhaps this glacier was not born so early as those of the summits. & I am sure that it died long before they were driven from the canons Tenaya & Nevada. I followed the stream to the snow of the west end of the Hoffman range & every where found moraines leveled & washed by water currents, & formed into meadow strips or sandy flats with the larger boulders rising above the surface Yrs Cordially John Muir[4] [1871] Yosemite July 10thDear Le Conte I am going to start in a few days for the region that we last year visited in company. I wish that I could have the profit & pleasure of your company this year also. I will spend a few days upon Mt Hoffman & a week about the Mt Dana region. Will then cross to the Mono basin to examine the lavas etc. I still hold to my first impressions concerning the present condition of that wonderful volcanic cone. but will careful- ly reconsider the question in connection with your [1] 00545
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
[1871] Jul 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 26.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0479-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0479
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
