Hittell's hand-book of Pacific Coast travel . the 35th par-allel for a distauce of 386^ miles. Near Navajo Spring Station is Jacobs Well, a remarkable funnel-shaped opening GOO feet in diameter at the surface and 160 feetdeep, at the bottom of which is a spring of pure cold water. Thewater is reached by winding steps cut in the wall. At Winslow Station, 4,900 feet above the sea, we begin the ascentof the Arizona Divide, reaching the summit 350 miles from Albu-querque, at an elevation of 7,2S6 feet above the sea, the grade aver-aging about 35 feet to the mile. From the divide the grade descends
Hittell's hand-book of Pacific Coast travel . the 35th par-allel for a distauce of 386^ miles. Near Navajo Spring Station is Jacobs Well, a remarkable funnel-shaped opening GOO feet in diameter at the surface and 160 feetdeep, at the bottom of which is a spring of pure cold water. Thewater is reached by winding steps cut in the wall. At Winslow Station, 4,900 feet above the sea, we begin the ascentof the Arizona Divide, reaching the summit 350 miles from Albu-querque, at an elevation of 7,2S6 feet above the sea, the grade aver-aging about 35 feet to the mile. From the divide the grade descendsto the Colorado River, with an average of 31^ feet to the mile, theelevation at the river being 485 feet above the sea. Peach Springs, 240 miles east from the Colorado River and 4,890feet above the sea, is the station from which we drive in a stage 18miles to the Canon of the Colorado; one of the natural wonders ofthe world; 300 miles long, 6,000 feet deep, and half a mile wide,with nearly vertical walls of rock. OREGON, WASHINGTON. ETC. 105. III, Wf 196 OREGON, WASHINGTON, ETC. The Southern Pacific Railroad passes through much of the mostunattractive land in Arizona, and the traveler should not estimatethe value of the whole territory by the country visible from thecars on that line. Ruins,—Arizona abounds with the remains of buildings and irri-gation ditches constructed by the red men centuries since, probablybefore the time of Columbus. These ruins have not been carefullystudied and the information about them is fragmentary. Twelvemiles from Florence is the Casa Grande (big house), 05 feet long, 45wide, and 40 high, with 4^ stories. The material is a concrete ofgravel with mud or mortar to give cohesion. The floors, roof, anddoors have entirely disappeared, and there is nothing to indicatewhat their material was. This building has higher walls than anyother prehistoric structure in Arizona. Six miles east of Phoenix are the ruins of a large town. Onebuilding, that was abou
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