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Show Uintah heights CHJii PARTY A. G. Mackenzie Tells of August Ice in Lakes of Mountains. Sun, Rain and Snow Come in a Few Hours Upon Roof of State. TTith a finger incapacitated from a wound sustained in opening a can of sardines, A. G. Mackenzie has returned from a two weeks' outing in tlie mountain-lake territory of the I'intah country coun-try witli stories of many tish vnught. In addition, Mr. Mackenzie tells of visiting places among the high readies of the Uintah mountains, where the feet of white men have probably trod seldom, if ever, before, and declares that the members of the party enjoved it. He expresses confidence that other vacationists will be tempted to under take the trip once they have heard of its attractions. 'it was primarily a. visit to the high places and peaks of t lie Uintah range," Mr. Mackenzie said last night. " Ve were guests of Dr. I', a. Coke, president and general manager of t lie Cedar Butte Oil conipanv. The party originally consisted of Dr. W. H. La Baree. of Oakland; Fred D. Jewett, of the Continental Life Insurance com-panj', com-panj', Salt Lake; Jerry Murray, of Vernal, Ver-nal, foreman of the Cedar Butte company; com-pany; Dr. Coke, my son, John, and myself. my-self. Unfortunately, Dr. Coke and Dr. La Baree contracted slight illness, due probably to ptomaine poisoning, on the eve of our departure, and were unable to make the trip, but Dr. Coke insisted in-sisted that the rest of us go through with the program, which we did. Are Pioneer Tourists. "We left the Cedar Butte mine, our outfitting point, at the mouth of White Rocks canyon, the morning of August 6, with saddle and pack horses. "Within two hours afterward we had attained an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet on Mosby mountain, and were never below that altitude again until August 14. "We traveled by forest trail to Che-peta Che-peta lake, at the headwaters of White Rocks river, thence across the pass to Crescent lake, the head of one of the forks of tho Uintah, where Mr. Jewett was obliged to leave us to return to Salt Lake. The rest of tho party continued con-tinued to Lake Atwood, which lies at an elevation of 11,000 feet or more near the base of Emmons, King's and Gilbert Gil-bert peaks, the highest eminences of the state, all over 13,000 feet. "We were in that neighborhood three days, making camp two nights at timber tim-ber line and finding a half-inch of ice in our water buckets each morning. We found one small lake, about 12.000 feet high, under a shoulder of Emmons, that had several feet of ice projecting from its shores; and, as we were there August 12, we concluded that this lake probably has ice on it the year around. Travel Not Difficult. "The Uintah peaks are not so rugged as those of the Wasatch, and we were able at one time to ride our horses to an elevation of 12,669 feet and had them above 12,000 feet several times. The Uintah mountains -are literally filled with beautiful lakes. We were able frequently to count from a dozen to twenty at a time. Lake Atwood is, in my judgment, the most beautiful as well as the largest of those we saw. It is about a mile long, with one of the sides of Mt. Emmons rising sheer from its western shore, and bordered with pine and spruce on the other sides. It lies just below fimber line. "Manv of the regions we visited have been seen by very few persons, owing to the difficulty of access. Generally, Gen-erally, we followed the forest service trails, but in some instances we went to places where trails have not been constructed as yet. We w-ere fortunate-enough fortunate-enough to encounter Forest Ranger Albert Al-bert "E. Blood of White Rocks in the mountains, and his intimate knowledge of the country assisted greatly in the value and enjoyment of the trip. "We had our fishing tackle and had no trouble in getting all the trout .we needed. The trip was highly interesting, interest-ing, climatically as well as educationally. education-ally. We had sunshine, rain, hail and snow, all within the space of a few hours, one dav. But we were well equipped find suffered no hardships. " |