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Sections of the granite often projected out of the water as islands, with the softer rock washed away, the granite being curiously carved by whirling rocks and the emery-like sands.
It looked dark and wicked, as if it carried certain death in its cold embrace. Half of the Yosemite valley was flooded. Meadows, rich in natural grasses, were knee deep with back water. We reached the Sentinel Hotel, and sloughing off the most of the fine emery-like mountain dust with which we were enveloped, we got our first good look at the Yosemite Falls. They were at their best.
The people believe that without it gold never occurs; and, if they collect the common yellow sand, it is to extract from it the darker material. Strangers have often mistaken this emery-like rock for tin, which occurs abundantly in the northern region. It is found striating white sandstone about Tákwá and other places in the interior.
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