Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Joseph Hooker
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in a wide zigzag between the 38th and 40th parallels. I found the average elevation of the numerous mountains to be about 9,000ft above sea level. The highest point in the basin is the summit of Mt Wheeler, on the Snake Range, near the Utah - Nevada boundary, 12,800 feet. The average elevation of the "sinks" and intervening valleys is about 5,000 feet - of the whole Basin if leveled - mountains and valleys - about 5,800 or 6,000 feet. I found glacial traces in great abundance on all the ranges, quite fresh on the higher ones, as the Toiyabe, [Toquima], White Pine, Golden Gate and Snake Ranges; more obscure on the lower and more weathered. The last of the Basin glaciers have but recently vanished. I also found evidence that shows conclusively that the
Location
San Francisco [Calif.]
Date Original
1879 Feb 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 11 x 18
Resource Identifier
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Directors' Correspondence 199/312-317
File Identifier
muir03_0985-ad-1
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Documents reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
DC 199 ff 312 317 image 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
