K^lSrS^S CITY 
Review of Science and Industry, 
A MONTHLY RECORD OF PROGRESS IN 
SCIENCE, MECHANIC ARTS AND LITERATURE. 
VOL VII. OCTOBER, 1883. NO. 6. 
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
EXPLORATIONS IN THE JUDITH RIVER GROUP. 
CHAS. H. STERNBERG. 
I have thought that a more detailed account of our expedition to the Judith 
River than the one given in the April number of 1881, might be of interest, as 
all we can learn of that strange country with its buried remains of an earlier world, 
ought to be of interest to the readers of this interesting monthly. In August of 
1876, I received instructions from Prof. E. D. Cope to join him at Omaha, for 
an expedition into a new country. We were soon on our way across the prairies of 
Nebraska, through the grand and impressive scenery of the Rocky Mountains and 
through the great high prairies that lay on top of the Rocky Mountains, through 
long stretches of sage brush, and grease wood. Down the beautiful Wiou and 
Echo canons, holding our breath for very wonder, as new scenery presented itself 
to our astonished vision. Who can ever forget a journey through these magnificent 
canons, where beetling crags line and shut us in and lilliputian forests have sprung 
up on either side in singular contrast to the mighty mountains that tower above. It 
is a scene long to be remembered : the hand of nature through her forces has cut 
and fashioned these mighty gulches, providing drainage channels for the rains that 
fall on the high prairies to the east. At Ogden we took the narrow gauge railroad 
for northern Utah and left the train at Franklin, Idaho. Here a journey of 600 
miles awaited us. Who can tell of the discomforts of this journey, but those who 
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