. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . os beseen, except in Utah? C[ In a passing glance, mere mention is all that can be given ofthese queer features; but the Great Salt Lake, Utahs most inter-esting natural phenomenon, is so widely associated with her name,that a brief description of it here is justified. Cardenas, the Spanish rover, probably visited it during thesixteenth century when he was searching for the fabled SevenGolden Cities of Ouiviri, and Father Escalante heard of it from Archway of iheCaroline NaturalBridge, San JuanCounty, Ut
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . os beseen, except in Utah? C[ In a passing glance, mere mention is all that can be given ofthese queer features; but the Great Salt Lake, Utahs most inter-esting natural phenomenon, is so widely associated with her name,that a brief description of it here is justified. Cardenas, the Spanish rover, probably visited it during thesixteenth century when he was searching for the fabled SevenGolden Cities of Ouiviri, and Father Escalante heard of it from Archway of iheCaroline NaturalBridge, San JuanCounty, Utah. Height. . .205 at top of 107 of top of arch ... 49 of span 186 ft. Height of span 98 ft. The Edwin Nat-ural Bridge, SanJuan Co., Utah. Height ...104Thickness at of arch. 10Width of top arch ... 35Width of span 194 Height of spa View from lowerside of the GreatAugusta NaturalBridge, acrossWhite Canon. SanJuan Co., Utah. Height . .222 ft. Thickness at top of arch. 65 ft. Width of top of arch 28 ft. Width of span 261 ft. Height of span 157 UTAHS NATURAL BRIDGES. A GLIMPSE O F U T A H page fifteen the Indians in 1776; but the credit for its discovery is generallygiven to Jim Bridger, who first saw it from the mouth of Bearriver, in 1824. The lake is about seven times larger than the Dead Sea ofPalestine, and carries about the same per cent of salt. This percent is from 19 to 22, according to the season of the year, andcalculations fix the total of the salt in the lake at four hundredmillion tons. The waters are sluggish and green-hued. Theyare very buoyant, and so clear that the eye can penetrate them togreat depths. Gulls innumerable, whose breeding place is one ofthe eight islands in the lake, frequent the waters, in which nothinglives except a small shrimp. The rumor frequently heard that the lake is drying up, needgive the reader no concern. The shore lines on the mountainsides prove that it has existed for ages, and no doubt many
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