SHASTA EOUTE SEATTLE TO SAN FRANCISCO. 51 



lies between the Klamath Mountains; on fho wpaf nr»rT flm 



Cascade Range on the east. Tlie highest point in view in the Cascade 

 Range is Mount McLoiighlin (9,760 feet), named after Dr. Jolm 

 McLoughlin, of the Hudson's Bay Co. The mountains are composed 

 of relatively hard rocks, but the granodiorite and the Cretaceous and 



una 



are comparatively soft. This difference 



car\ 



eastw 



the lavas of the Cascade Range^ but they overlie the older rocks of the 

 Klamath Mount ains, including the granodiorite, and once extended 

 much farther west. It will be noticed from the cross section (ficr. 9) 



Klamath Mountain; 



different 



they would lie across the upturned edges of the slates. This relation 

 is known to geologists as an u,,^^,^ ^ ,^,.„ ^ 



_ . ° Klamath Foothills of 



unconformity. Mts r.^^, RiverValley ''"'"'" ^'"S" 



The tram turns up the south- IflJjJh^^T^^:;:^ \ 



east arm of tllA valL^^r rTivim/^rl 



by Bear Creek, which joins 



T?r^^„^T>' m 1 1 -n T FigtjreO.— Sect ion of Kogue River valley near Phoenix, 



ItOgUC Kiver near Table Rock, oreg. a, Slates, limestones, and lavas of Paleozoic 



and passes through Tolo (ele- (carboniferous?) age; 6, granodiorite; c, Cretaceous 



Vation 1,196 feet 452 miles <^«^^^<>™^te' ^^-^^^stone, and shaleCChlco formation); 



from San Francisco) and Cen- 



stones and shales containin, 

 Cascade Ranee. 



Pomt 



may see fine fruit orchards (PL XVI) and grain 



before arrivinsr at Medford 



town 



mg m consequence of its relation to the fruit industry of the valley, 



Klamath 



Medford. west, and the forests and resorts of the Cascade Kange 



Elevation 1,398 feet, on tlie east. Froiii Medf ord the traveler may continue 

 Seattle 514 nuies. ^^ ^^ main line or make a detour, partly by automo- 



,ge. throuffli Crater 



will 



main line at Weed, Cal. The beautiful scenery of this side 



To 



in geology or in the ways by which mountams 



valleys have come to their present forms the Crater Lake route will 

 prove exceptionally interesting. 



From Medford a short branch line (the Rogue River Valley Rail- 

 road) runs west to Jacksonville, and from Crater Lake Junction, a 

 mile north of Medford, the Pacific & Eastern Railroad extends for 33 

 miles toward Crater Lake. 



[The itinerary southward from ^tedford is continued on p. 56.1 



