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Show INTERESTING GEOLOGY TRIP PLANNED FOR UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS The geology caravan of the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young , university summer-school summer-school will leave Provo June 9 and proceed to Mt. Nebo where a stop will be made to study this important part of the Wasatch, according to Dr. Murray Or Hayes, head of the geolegy department, who will be in charge. : From Mt. Nebo the route will be south through Sanpete county, observing ob-serving the Sevier and Musinn faults and the plateau structures, j Crossing the interesting Sevier i fault, which is of the pivotal type, 1 having the down throw of the east j in Sanpete county and to the west take the jrronp to '.Circle Cliffs and the Kaiparowits plateau. The next objective will he the iiorthr riiu of the Grand canyon, visiting the Kaihnb en route. i Leaving Grand canyon, Zion national na-tional park will be studied, whence the caravan will go to Cedar City and thence to Cedar Breaks. From Cedar City the Arrowhead trail will be followed to Beaver and probably to Fillmore or Holden : which will he a point of departure westward into the Basin region where one or more of the basin ranges will be studied as fully as time will permit. The total distance covered will he about 1250 miles, which nt the rate of two cents per mile per person will make the total travelling expense about twenty-five dollars. Four cars have already been secured se-cured for the trip which will furnish furn-ish transportation for twenty persons. per-sons. I As most effective study can be done by a smaller group the number will be limited and those who first apply will bo the ones taken. in Sevier county, the characteristics of the down faulted Sevier valley will be studied as far south as Sigurd. Fish Lake, situated on the plateau of the same name, will be visited. From here the road will lead south to Bryce canyon over the Awapa and Aquarius plateaus, thus taking I in three of the high plateaus of Utah. If road conditions permit, Boulder may be visited, which will |