346 G. D. LOUDERBACK — STRUCTURE OF THE HUMBOLDT REGION 



they knew how easy it is to see the chief features, the following note is 

 written. It requires but a day (6 or 8 hours) to see the main points. 

 The start should be made from Lovelock by team along the Muttleberry 

 road. As you rise above the valley on the foot of the cone, the moun- 

 tain and its structure can be distinctly seen. The rather flat- topped, 

 dark cliff seen on approaching the mountains and showing Lahontan 

 shorelines is the edge of the larger area of west base basalt. The road 

 runs southward and, leaves this to the left, but there is time to go up a 

 branch road and examine the rock before proceeding. The smaller 

 basalt area is just south of the mouth of Muttleberry. canyon, in a small 

 disconnected hill, which in the distance does not appear to be made of 

 basalt. It is best examined by entering the gulch opening on its west 

 side. 



Up to the summit of the range the structure of the bedrock can be 

 examined. At the summit, looking northeast, the volcanic series, nor- 

 mally faulted and dipping down underneath the valley, can be very 

 well seen. Table mountain lies across the valley to the east, the Star 

 Peak range to the northeast. If a better view is desired, one should not 

 descend the road on the other side, but go southeast along the summit 

 trail until opposite the cone-shaped basalt peak, which should be climbed, 

 and the broad valley of the Carson sink, with the old shorelines, Choco- 

 late butte, etcetera, may be seen as in a great model. Structure as well 

 as topographic form is easily distinguishable, although the state of the 

 atmosphere and position of the sun affect its distinctness to a consider- 

 able degree' 



