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425 a buong ad free Oletet attle at he De in the nd.2.7. mesto at the h. He For ycogers, and the informationen e can sest is the 21, ac Jefferson is contained in the following publications: USGS Bulletin 252, Geology and Water Resources of Central Oregon, by Israel C. Russell; Mineral Resources of Oregon, volume II, number 1, and Mazama, vol. ume II, number 3, for July, 1903; volume III, number 1, for March, 1907; volume IV, number 3, for December, 1914; volume V, number 2, for December, 1917, and volume VII, number 2, for December, 1925.

MOUNT JUNE, Lane County. Mount June is about 15 miles due east of Cottage Grove and has an elevation of 4618 feet, according to the

USGS. Mount June is said to be so named because the snow lies on it until that month of the year. The name Mount Zion is obsolete.

MOUNT MAZAMA, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. Mount Mazama is the name of a prehistoric mountain, the caldera of which is now occupied by Crater Lake. For information about the discovery and naming of Crater Lake, see under that heading. The rim enclosing the lake formed part of the base of Mount Mazama. It was named for the Mazamas, the mountaineering organization of the Pacific Northwest, at the annual outing August 21, 1896. Mazama is the Spanish name of the mountain goat. See the publication Mazama, volume I, numbers 1 and 2. For information about Mount Mazama, ibid., volume I, number 2, and the booklet on Crater Lake issued in 1922 by Mazamas. For geography of Crater Lake and picture of Mount Mazama restored, see USGS map of Crater Lake National Park. The highest points on the rim of Crater Lake are Hillman Peak, 8156 feet; Applegate Peak, 8135 feet; Garfield Peak, 8060 feet; Llao Rock, 8046 feet, and The Watchman, 8025 feet.

MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN, Jackson County. This mountain is called Mount McLoughlin on a map issued in 1838, accompanying the Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, in 1835, '36 and 37, by the Reverend Samuel Parker. It was later called Mount Pit, for Pit or Pitt River, which was named for the pits dug by Indians to trap game. Peter Skene Ogden mentions the name Pit River in his journal for May 21, 1829, and spells it Pitts River. See

OHQ, volume XI, page 394. Sir George Simpson in Narrative of a Journey Round the World, London, 1847, volume I, page 351, refers to Pit Mountain in this locality, "so called from the number of pitfalls dug by the neighbouring savages for the wild animals." T. J. Farnham in Travels in the Great Western Prairies, New York, 1843, page 96, refers to Mount McLaughlin, but is inaccurate as to location. Mount McLaughlin is shown on Wilkes' map in the U. S. Exploring Expedition, 1841. The name Mount Pitt appears for the first time on a map made by Charles Preuss, Fremont's cartographer, in 1843, but no mention is made of it by Fremont in his report. The compiler has never found any evidence that associates this name with that of William Pitt, British statesman. Lieutenant R. S. Williamson of the corps of topographical engineers explored the region of Pit River in 1855, and the report of this expedition, prepared by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot, was published by the government in volume VI, of the Pacific Railroad Surveys Reports. Under date of August 8, 1855, the journal says: "We passed many pits six feet deep and lightly covered with twigs and grass. The river derives its name from these pits, which are dug by the Indians to entrap game. On this account Williamson always spelled the name with a single t, although on most maps it is written with two." Early settlers in the Rogue larch I was nited did ange alter 2.11 ner Dul the int