Iron County Record | 1930-06-14 | Page 2 | Toroweap Canyon Provides New Thrills

Canyon Provides New Thrills canyon seldom visited provides some thrills not afforded even by the Grand Orand canyon to which It Is Isa isa a tributary At the mouth of Toro Toro- a broad ledge some miles In ex extent extent extent ex- ex tent separates the first tall taU cliffs cUffs from the river At the river banks the canon canyon canyon can can- yon on walls again drop almost perpendicularly perpendicularly to the waters water's edge The visitor may stand on the edge of the ledge and see the river bed for some miles some ome feet below him At a fault tault with about feet between the corresponding strata on either side may be clearly seen and studied Here also is seen sten clearly where a torrent of molten lava at some not too distant geological age sprang from froma fromn a n mountain near by and poured over o the ledge and down dO the perpendicular walls of the canyon canyon