Show THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS OF UTAH senen peaks moie than feet high highet t one in state I 1 is M alt t llode hod I 1 elect lect not on ann an M it p ana abia ot ernic anon dev lei throughout state the mountain of utah form ft a prom luent and interesting feature of the state like the of all countries they command attention both tor for commercial and sen timen td reasons they are at first the ringer finger boards from which bearings are taken by daring explorers and sturdy pio later they become the basic landmarks for designating artificial geographical division of the laud land beace that continues to increase with aith a count rys growth they also determine finete tea a large exten the climatic conditions of the country in which they are located in addition to being the storehouse A here the greater je is posits of the valuable metals are found MOUN mountains rAINS IN urah UFAH while the mountains of ulah form an interest interesting ipg part or the stat stale s hi tory it is ie not strange that their i 0 lature and description is 29 as yet ver 3 incomplete triplets when it is remember el ill that at within the last tw awu yours there have been discovered within tho the borders of the state natural bridges sur surpassing passin j in magnitude and grandeur anything ot of this the kind herel berato oora lord known to exist WORK or OF geological aUIt SUIt VEY however the tha united states government through the geological survey service has made extensive researches and expensive reports that farnish a vast amount of 0 valuable information the reports show a condition cond tion that bat is 18 not probably not dot generally genei ally realized that is in the neighborhood ot of ICO mountain posits peaks have been named in the state that have hae an altitude of more than feet the highest of them being feet aride from thebe are a vast vait va it number of the lower altitude named which it if included would probably bring up the list of 1 leaks eaks feet or higher to ISO or more and orations by vie fie government have been made at different times and many of them before the work ork aas as it is now so that some of the higher peaks may have been duplicated and many of the smaller ones may have been omitted from published maps 01 01 lists ab au of the possible anches end nd omis omissions bonc the published ass lis of altitude give mount hodges as haling haing an altitude of feet but this penk peak is not slown shonn on any of the available maps and cannot be located 13 I 1 du din local officials N HERE IS MT HODGES this is 19 about the larest piece of prof eity t hat his ever been lost strayed or tolen stolen ina in civilized country and in compari ori would make any of the numerous lost mines assumes dimina tie proportions A mountain reaching nearly three milas vertically acore sea level unless it has changed change a its name and is posing under a norn nom do de plume ought not to be to find mount hodges Hode ei the largest in lociel peak in utah was named many years ago by clarence king hing of the geological survey while no reward linardis is offered for its apprehension nord ord of its whereabouts v doubtless be gadly and thankfully received oy the residents of the late WI WE ARE SEVEN the mounta mountains ius giants of the state or those being 13 or more feet hlach can sa ve are seven when mount hodges is included the other six peaks are mount gilbert Gi loert in wasatch county the highest with an altitude of feet mount emmons in the same rame county and also in the wasatch Wa atch range comes next with a height ot of feet the third is ie wilson peak also of wasatch county being the banner altitude county of the bbate baute and is 1330 feet high lovenia peak between wasatch and summit counties and in the same neighborhood of the others mentioned is feet high Te kewana peak entirely belonging to summit county is measured by an altitude of feet the last and least of the whole family is feet and is ie lo 10 bated far from the others of its class being in san ban juan joan county and belonging to the la sal mountain range it is mount peale and by reasons of its isolation can be seen tor for many in miles iles from every direction PEAKS of the peaks between and 1000 0 feet there them are eleven most of 0 which are located in the regions of the higher in summit IN a satch find and uintah counties the exceptions fire mount belknap in ia piute diute county ich I 1 h an altitude of 12 fet feet thedah mountain in county 12 feet feel high mount in san juan county feet high tusher tushar mountain between beaver find and piute diute counties feet higa and mount moult wass ia 11 grand county an altitude of feet MOUNTAINS OF THIRD it is not until the mountains of tho t be third clas or those between and feet are reached that the name fire are encountered that are the most fi fa f i lore foremost most among these is probably mount nebo near neobi in juab county which is only feet high bat by reason of its being sepa rated from the wasatch range la ih no bot only one of the mst sightly mauu bains in the state I 1 ut in the entire country its sides are abrupt and rise nearly feet from the plateau nt at inq it base in a Loriz horizontal di adli tance cf probable less than tino miles BALDI BALD PEAK IN BEAVER baldy pt pak ak in reaver deaver county fee high can be seen for a long distance and is ie a familiar point from many parts of southern utah nearly every mountain locality has either a mount baldy or bally peak and bald mountain in summit and wasatch counties is but SO 30 feet from being 12 feet high but is not so doled a po t as the peak with a 41 name and smaller altitude alti tLde in bearer coun coan ty OF HILLS in this thi class comes the pretty range of hills bills along the rio grand western road between soldier summit nud aud ogden where several aro above feet and many more come within 1000 feet lower the government government overn ment reports give feet as aa timber line or the altitude aboe which trees do not grow in this region and on the north sides of mountains of this height snow remains remaina by far the great er part of the year and from some of the peaks in utah snow sc arcel ever eier disappears around soldier summit the range is approximately feet above sea le el provo peak just east of provo prove is feet high while mount Timpa east of am american e rican fork is feet high MOUNTAIN SENTINELS on both sides of the month of little cottonwood Colt onwood canyon creek are two to pretty mountain sentinels sentinel standing out randly alone ilie one to the south s lone loie plak bt neen een ulah rod find lite lile coan counties ties h b inal ui of feet and is the one from which snow lan can bs seen almost throughout tle ile entire summer from bait lake city the companion mountain to the hie north is twin gaiu peak in salt like county bud and its altitude is 1130 feet oad edn n peek in weber county is but feet high PEAK between mill creek and parley s CeDY 01 south and last nt of silt lake but several miles farther to the east is an unnamed peak feet high the same altitude is reached where corner salt lake davis dans and summit counties counti eq northeast of salt lake city ind the same condition prevails at the corner of wasatch summit and I salt alf lake counties the altitude of the great salt lake is feet and that of west mountain on the Ne western stern boundary of salt lake co coruby Euty in the oquirrh range is about bojo 00 JO feet bait alt lake Tr bune |