Rossiter W. Raymond 



" It will easily be imagined with 

 what satisfaction and delight these 

 experiences were shared with such 

 a companion as Clarence King, to 

 whose glowing enthusiasm they were 

 new as well as grand. Again, he 

 was fascinated by Shasta. Three 

 days before, the snow upon it had 

 been in patches and streaks ; now 

 the snow had covered with un- 

 broken white — save here and there 

 a protruding rock — the upper 4000 

 or 5000 feet of the mountain. The 

 lower limit of this cap was a 

 sharply -defined 'snow -line.' The 

 great white cone standing upon the 

 dark base, against a background of 

 intense blue, was a memorable pic- 

 ture, and deserved King's rhapsodies 

 of admiration. 



" It was in the earlier part of this 

 expedition that the first discovery 

 of the Jurassic and Triassic fossils 



in place in the auriferous zone of 



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