First Trip to Mount Shasta, October-November 1874 Image 2

Creator

John Muir

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1 Nevada S.20W Pot hole 17.3 in [inches] or 28 total 6 ft [feet] above present high water mark pothole.

50 yds [yards] from pool small island. Water comes together just below pool Azalea, P. contorta [lodgepole pine] & yel [yellow] T. [ ] [ ] [ ] & P. grand on island.

Water never ran in North channel altogether because it is very narrow and apparently not deeper at all [events] no part of the chan [channel] shows more water [action] these might be attributed to [present] water on the other hand the main chan [channel] is 3 or 4 times wider & is old [as any] channels on the river.

Date Original

1874

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Original journal dimensions: 8.5 x 13 cm.

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MuirReel24Journal05P001.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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