"August-September 1872, Illilouette Basin Trip Image 13" by John Muir
 

Creator

John Muir

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give rise from unequal hardness to bosses of no great size but of every shape & [val] [value] Slate cleavage developed by exposure like [granite] P [Pinus] Monticola Alt [altitude] 10200 on Red Mtn [Mountain] range middle grove. Red barked & angular as mtn [mountain] side it grows upon Girth 4 [ ] & 1 foot

[ Dir] [stri] mid S [south] grove Red Mtn [Mountain] S 22 W near mouth alt [altitude] 10300 Alt [Altitude] mid can [cañon] midway to top in bottom 10500. Slope of S [south] side same place 31° [degrees] Dir [direction] of can [cañon] S 10 W Top R Mtn [Red Mountain] 11700 a few feet 40 or 50? less than Black Mtn [Mountain] 1 m [mile] S 50 E [east] ward R Mtn [Red Mountain] higher than Clark & Gray [200]?

Date Original

1872

Source

Original journal dimensions: 7 x 11 cm.

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MuirReel23Journal07P22-23.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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Keywords

John Muir, journals, drawings, writings, travel, journaling, naturalist

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