| "This formation crosses the railroad between Granite Canon and Buford, presenting belts of fine-grained red granite, near Granite Canon, alternating with reddish and gray gneiss. This is evidently a belt of mineral-bearing rock, and, but for the flattened surface of the mountain and a deep covering of drift that prevents the exposure of the rock-formations except in isolated places, mines would be discovered without expensive prospecting." (Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1874) Granite Canyon, a railway station with a store, a gasoline pump, and springs of pure water, was named for the heaps and ridges of stone that marked the countryside. (Wyoming Guide) |
