U, 8. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



BULLETIN 614 PLATE IV 



A, MOUNT RAINIER. WASH.. FROM SPANAWAY LAKE. 



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Mount Rainier is an extinct volcano 14,408 feet in height. It is a hv.ge pile of lava (chiefly andesite) resting on 



a plateau of Tertiary and older rocks. Photograph copyrighted by Barnes, Parkland^ Wash. 



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B, PARADISE PARK, ON SOUTH SLOPE OF MOUNT RAINIER. 



Elevation, 5 500 feet. The rock at the right of the summit is Gibraltar. Beyond the forest is the Nisqually 



Glacier, at the head of Nisqually River. Photograph by Curtis & Miller, Seattle. 



