02-15NC Logging Near Mt. Shasta Note CardMount Shasta, shown in the background of this painting, contains many unique geologic and scenic features: hot sulfur springs, glaciers, lava flows, waterfalls, buttes, and canyons. Mount Shasta is the second highest (to Mount Rainier) of the Cascade Range volcanoes.Rising to an altitude of 14,162 feet, Shasta is a landmark that dominates the aerial view for several hundred miles in all directions. Although it is believed its last eruption was in 1786, geologists still term Mount Shasta as an "active" volcano. Popular as its name has become (historians are indefinite about its origin), "Shasta" was also the reported name of an Indian tribe living near Yreka in the 1840s, adding to the belief that the name is most likely of Indian origin. Trees at the 8,000-foot elevation near the timberline area include stunted Red and White Fir, and Whitebark Pine. At lower elevations one can find stands of pure Red Fir, and mixed conifer forests that include Hemlock, Incense Cedar, Sugar Pine, Jeffery Pine, White Fir, Douglas Fir, and Ponderosa Pine. This oil painting shows a steam-powered McGiffert Loader loading Ponderosa Pine logs onto flat cars to be shipped to a nearby sawmill in the early days of logging in northern California. |
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