 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1851 - 614 sider
...crossed these islands, but decomposed conglomerate and alabaster occurred in considerable quantities. The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried...entirely covered with a thin layer of salt in a state of deliquesencce, and of so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the... | |
 | Howard Stansbury - 1852 - 626 sider
...crossed these islands, but decomposed conglomerate and alabaster occurred in considerable quantities. The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried...entirely covered with a thin layer of salt in a state of deliquesencce, and of so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, Howard Stansbury - 1853 - 622 sider
...crossed these islands, but decomposed conglomerate and alabaster occurred in considerable quantities. The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried...and of so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the mud beneath. But we soon came upon a portion of the plain where the... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1872 - 524 sider
...out over a much larger area than at present, for both Frémont and Stansbury make frequent-mention of large tracts covered with an incrustation of salt....and of so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the mud beneath. But wo soon саme upon a portion of the plain where... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1872 - 542 sider
...country to the west of Great Salt Lake, says: The first part of the plain eonsisted simply of dried mnd, with small crystals of salt scattered thickly over...deliquescence, and of so soft a consistence that the fecit of our mules sank at every step into the mnd beneath. But we soon camo upon a portion of the... | |
 | Henry T. Williams - 1877 - 300 sider
...describes large tracts of land covered with an incrustation of salt : " The first part of the plains consisted simply of dried mud, with small crystals...of salt in a state of deliquescence, and of so soft consistence, that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the mud beneath. But we soon came upon... | |
 | Frederick E. Shearer - 1879 - 386 sider
...describes large tracts ot land covered with an incrustation of salt: " The first part of the plains consisted simply of dried mud, with small crystals...of salt in a state of deliquescence, and of so soft consistence, that the feet of our mules sank at every step inte the mud beneath. But we soon came upon... | |
 | Frederick E. Shearer - 1882 - 410 sider
...describes large tracts of land covered with an incrustation of salt: " The first part of the plains consisted simply of dried mud, with small crystals...of salt in a state of deliquescence, and of so soft consistence, that the feet of ouc mules sank at every step into the mn9 *Ce-~ neath. But we soon came... | |
 | 1886 - 622 sider
...thick bed of black muddy sand." Stansbury, in describing the broad plain country to the west of the Great Salt Lake, says — " The first part of the...and of so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the mud beneath. But we soon came upon a portion of the plain where the... | |
 | Gregory C. Lines - 1979 - 124 sider
...description would apply to conditions that existed in the fall of 1976, 127 years later. Stansbury wrote: The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried...thin layer of salt in a state of deliquescence, and so soft a consistence that the feet of our mules sank at every step into the mud beneath. But we soon... | |
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The first part of the plain consisted simply of dried mud, with small crystals of salt scattered thickly over the surface. Crossing this, we came upon another portion of it, three miles in width, where the ground was entirely covered with a thin layer... 