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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  side 
  the 
  Gores 
  Range 
  rises 
  in 
  such 
  majestic 
  grandeitr, 
  so 
  bold 
  and 
  so 
  

   imposiug", 
  that 
  hardlj' 
  any 
  other 
  mountain 
  district 
  in 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Moun- 
  

   Taius 
  system 
  can 
  surpass 
  them. 
  The 
  scenery 
  combines 
  beauty 
  anl 
  

   grandeur 
  rarely 
  equaled. 
  

  

  For 
  10 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  junction 
  upward 
  the 
  Gores 
  Valley 
  has 
  only 
  an 
  

   ascent 
  of 
  900 
  feet, 
  and 
  possesses 
  a 
  free 
  and 
  an 
  unobstructed 
  valley 
  bot- 
  

   tom. 
  For 
  the 
  next 
  G^ 
  miles, 
  however, 
  the 
  mountain-slopes 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  become 
  more 
  abrupt 
  and 
  assume 
  canon-like 
  shapes, 
  

   and 
  the 
  horizontal 
  incline 
  of 
  the 
  creek-bed 
  is 
  greatly 
  increased. 
  The 
  

   fall 
  of 
  Gores 
  Creek 
  for 
  the 
  upper 
  6J 
  miles 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  is 
  about 
  2,700 
  

   feet, 
  which 
  includes 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  its 
  sources, 
  namely, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  amphi- 
  

   theater 
  beneath 
  Red 
  Peak. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  total 
  fall 
  for 
  Gores 
  Creek 
  of 
  

   o,G00 
  feet 
  within 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  lOJ 
  miles, 
  or 
  equal 
  to 
  its 
  whole 
  length. 
  

   There 
  is 
  an 
  Indian 
  trail 
  along 
  this 
  valley, 
  which 
  leads 
  from 
  Eagle 
  River 
  

   over 
  the 
  Gores 
  Pass 
  into 
  the 
  Blue 
  River 
  Valley, 
  and 
  another 
  which 
  

   leads 
  from 
  the 
  Upper 
  Gores 
  Valley 
  over 
  a 
  saddle 
  of 
  the 
  -Eagle 
  River 
  

   Range 
  into 
  Ten^Mile 
  Creek 
  CaGon. 
  The 
  tive 
  tributaries 
  that 
  Gores 
  

   Creek 
  receives 
  from 
  the 
  Gores 
  Range 
  are 
  all 
  without 
  exception 
  caiion- 
  

   streams, 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  them, 
  the 
  Red 
  Sandstone 
  Creek, 
  having 
  a 
  length 
  

   of 
  about 
  7 
  miles. 
  They 
  all 
  originate 
  in 
  wild 
  labyrinthic 
  and 
  dark-look- 
  

   ing 
  gorges, 
  beneath 
  rugged 
  and 
  precipitous 
  peaks 
  and 
  mountain-walls. 
  

   The 
  total 
  fall 
  of 
  Eagle 
  River 
  from 
  its 
  source 
  to 
  the 
  junction 
  with 
  Gores 
  

   Creek 
  is 
  about 
  3,400 
  ieet. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  abundant 
  evidence 
  of 
  glacial 
  action 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  Eagle 
  River 
  

   Valley. 
  We 
  will 
  point 
  out 
  only 
  two 
  cases 
  where 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  glacial 
  

   action 
  speaks 
  forcibly 
  through 
  the 
  huge 
  pile 
  of 
  bowlders 
  and 
  rocky 
  

   debris 
  thathas 
  accumulated 
  before 
  ihe 
  mouth 
  of 
  Homestake 
  Creek 
  CaGou, 
  

   which 
  equals 
  in 
  size 
  a 
  small 
  ridge, 
  and 
  which 
  defies 
  that 
  stream 
  to 
  pursue 
  

   its 
  straight 
  course 
  and 
  compels 
  it 
  to 
  recoil, 
  and, 
  finally, 
  by 
  its 
  resistance 
  

   causes 
  an 
  abrupt 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  flowing 
  for 
  2 
  subsequent 
  miles 
  along 
  

   this 
  ridge 
  of 
  glacial 
  deposits 
  before 
  it 
  can 
  enter 
  Eagle 
  River. 
  The 
  same 
  

   features 
  prevail 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Roche 
  Moutonnee 
  Creek, 
  though 
  not 
  

   on 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  scale, 
  but 
  sufficient 
  evidence 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  examining 
  

   the 
  spurs 
  that 
  follow 
  the 
  Roche 
  Moutonnee 
  Caiaon 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  with 
  

   their 
  very 
  regular 
  descent, 
  which 
  is 
  hardly 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  shelf-break 
  

   or 
  offset 
  for 
  miles 
  toward 
  its 
  source. 
  

  

  WEARY 
  man's 
  creek. 
  

  

  This 
  creek 
  is 
  a 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Eagle, 
  and 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  

   slope 
  of 
  Eagle 
  River 
  Range. 
  It 
  forms 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  with 
  Eagle 
  River, 
  

   and 
  flows 
  between 
  two 
  huge 
  steep-sloped 
  and 
  well-timbered 
  spurs 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  Eagle 
  River. 
  Its 
  length 
  is 
  miles, 
  and 
  within 
  that 
  distance 
  its 
  

   iall 
  is 
  2,000 
  feet. 
  Weary 
  Man's 
  Creek 
  has 
  beside 
  several 
  smaller 
  tribu- 
  

   taries 
  three 
  larger 
  ones 
  coming 
  from 
  between 
  side-spurs 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  

   The 
  most 
  western 
  one 
  is 
  named 
  Game 
  Creek, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  White 
  Eos 
  

   Creek, 
  and 
  the 
  eastern 
  one 
  Jumping 
  Creek. 
  The 
  intersection 
  of 
  Weary 
  

   Man's 
  Creek 
  with 
  Eagle 
  River 
  is, 
  as 
  stated 
  elsewhere, 
  1 
  mile 
  east 
  from 
  

   the 
  junction 
  of 
  Homestake 
  Creek 
  with 
  Eagle 
  River. 
  We 
  And 
  forest 
  

   vegetation 
  in 
  a 
  superb 
  condition 
  ; 
  healthier 
  and 
  finer 
  s{)ecimens 
  of 
  trees 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  seen 
  anywhere 
  than 
  on 
  either 
  slope 
  along 
  this 
  creek 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  

   all 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Eagle 
  River 
  Range. 
  The 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  aie 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  Abietinecc, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  again 
  Fiuus 
  picoa 
  pre- 
  

   dominates. 
  

  

  Si)lendid 
  patches 
  of 
  pasturage 
  occur 
  at 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  dense 
  

   I)atches 
  of 
  pine 
  forest, 
  to 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  attributed 
  the 
  abundance 
  

  

  