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across the out-cropping edges of the seven hundred feet of Kaibab 

 limestone throughout the last mile of the trail. 



Another excursion was made to the eastward of the Hotel El Tovar, 

 along the road leading through the Coconino forest and reaching the 

 edge of the canyon at Grand View Point. Here is situated the old 

 Grand View Hotel, which was erected before the building of the rail- 



FiG. 6U. — lliL upper mile of Bright Angel Trail, Grand 

 Canyon. 



road. It was once the headquarters for all who wished to visit the 

 canyon. At present, however, it belongs to William Randolph Hearst, 

 who maintains it as a country estate. From this hotel a trail extends 

 into the canyon and two more are near at hand. These three were 

 constructed by prospectors who discovered copper deposits of con- 

 siderable richness in one of the side canyons, three thousand feet be- 



