SHASTA KOUTE — SEATTLE TO SAN FRANCISCO. 71 



View 



Mount 



July, Toms Head is between them. These peaks are at the south 

 end of the Klamath Mountains, Beyond and to the left of them is 



ge of Cahfomia 



Q 



arch J runs in an easterly direction across the northern portion of the 



Sacramento Valley, The raihoad crosses this arch 



Hooker. 



through cuts in g 



Elevation 543 feet. ;River crosscs it farther east, in Iron Canyon. The 



Seattle 722 miles. , ., . ,, -, iYii.1^ 



possibihty of damming the nver here aiiords tlie 

 basis of an extmsive project for irrigating 400,000 acres in Tehama 

 County. Beyond Hooker the train passes Ivrea and Blunt. 



Red Bluff (see sheet 10, p. 74), a thriving to^vn, is the seat of 

 Tehama County, It takes its name from the adjacent river bluff, 



Red Bluff. 



^o 



which is exposed a fin 



gravels 



Elevation 30S feet. Bluff fomiatiou), bowcd up by the Red Bluff arch. 

 SS'uS; The town is the head of navigation on Sacramento 



River and a supply point for a large area of farnnng 

 and stock country. It is at the northern limit of the citrus belt, and 

 or. ,iges, lemons, almonds, and figs are raised here, but more atten- 

 tion is paid to peaches, pears, and prunes. 



pTcat volcanic 



most 



durin<r the siunmei 



Morgan Springs 



Side trip to Las- Drakesbad, bj way of the Red Bluff -Sus an ville stage 



sen Peak and j 



Cinder Cone. i'Oacl. 



mountain 



Mineral 



and the boihng mud pots and sulphur-lined fumaroles at the head of 



Mill Creek. At Morsran Springs 



trail from this place passes Bumpass Hell, a vigorous solfatara. Near 

 Drakesbad are the Geyser, a large boihng sprhig; Tartarus Lake, a 



T 



mud 



*jX^- I 



Kitchen 



Warner Creek runs 



throug 



fish from 



the same stand. Cinder Cone, the ^vork of a 



■t volcanic eruption, is within a day's reach. It has been made 



u national monument. 



L-ssen Peak, from which since May 30, 1911, there have been 

 many eruptions, may be easily reached by trail from Drakesbad 

 The character of its "^outbursts is shown m Plate XXII (p. 72), and 

 its new crater in Plate XXIII. The enormous rolling cloud which 

 rises above the crater durmg an eruption and which is plainly visible 

 from the raih-oad is comoosed of rock fragments, rock dust, and steam, 



