Imagine Over Two
Miles Of Strata Thrust Up Into The Air, And Then Pay Strict Attention As
The Scientists Reason Out Their Conclusions As To The How, Why, Where, And
Whence Of The Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Feet Of Washed Away Strata.
Asbestos Mines.
If your guide knows how to compass it, cross the river here
at the foot of the Red Canyon Trail, and visit the asbestos mines of the
Hance Asbestos Mining Company of New York. Try to comprehend what asbestos
is; how it is formed. See where it is located in these much burnt and much
twisted strata.
If possible, go up and down the river, and see where the Inner Gorge - the
granite or gneiss - really begins. It is not so very far away.
Then, when you are ready, watch the guide adjust the much-lightened pack,
for the supply of "grub" is getting low; perhaps assist him swing the
packs on the packsaddle, put on the canvas covering and throw the "diamond
hitch," and then saddle your own horse - for by now you will have begun to
feel some confidence and pride in doing things that the "tenderfoot"
generally leaves to the guide - and soon you are climbing up the trail on
your way to the rim. As soon as you are on "top," you "push on" the pack
animals and "hit the trail hard" by way of Hance's Ranch, now owned by
Martin Buggel, to Grand View, and over the familiar road back to El Tovar.
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