Wright.] 
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[Jan. 1, 
The different strata which had been bored through were as fol- 
lows : 
Sixty feet of soil. 
Twelve to fifteen feet of lava rock. 
One hundred feet of quicksand. 
Six inches of clay. 
Forty feet of quicksand. 
Six feet of clay. 
Thirty feet of quicksand. 
Twelve to fifteen feet of clay. 
Then clay balls mixed with sand. 
Then coarse sand in which the image came up. 
Then vegetable soil. 
Then the original sandstone. 
Upon receipt of this letter, I at once requested to be put in com- 
munication with Mr. Kurtz, and upon receiving a letter from Mr. 
Adams introducing me to him, immediately wrote Mr. Kurtz making 
inquiries about the general aspect of the country, and requesting 
a photograph of the image. The following letter is his reply. 
Nampa, Idaho Territory , Sept. 27, 1889. 
Prof. G. F. Wright. 
Dear Sir : 
In reply to your favor of the 23rd inst. I would submit the 
following : 
1. The elevation of Boise City is about 2875 feet and Nampa 
nearly 2,500. Boise City is on an air line twenty miles from Nampa 
in a northeasterly direction. 
2. The nearest point to the Boise river is seven miles. The 
foot hills begin from one-half to two miles from the river and it is 
some seventy-five miles to the top of the range. 
The nearest point to the Snake river is twelve miles, the foot 
hills skirt the river bank. It is fifty miles to the top of the range 
from Nampa. 
3. The valley from Boise City due south to the Snake river is 
about thirty-five miles and from our place about twenty miles. From 
Boise City to the junction of the Boise and Snake rivers fifty-five 
miles. The valley that forms the Boise river bottom is from two 
to five miles in width and its formation is a sandy gravel, is very 
