| Show moun koun MOUNTAIN T f AIN aln measurement the tha highest peak of the thi black mountain in north carolina which bich esthe ia the tha highest land lang ea the rocky mountains fountai ns has been in measured three times by scientific persons and the results aie ale are quite remarkable Io professor fessor mitchell 1 measured eaird it in 1855 and professor guyot in 1856 the first reported th the e height to be feet the lattery figures were 6 feet major J C turner meas measured dred ared it last lash last year and reported the elevation to be 6 feit feet the first two were bafo barometrical metrical the third was maie made with the spirit level |
