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It was decided to try to explore the slope of the range they were on , up and down , to see if a break in it could not somewhere be found . They tried it to the north , and soon found themselves in a mighty gorge , with great mountains closing them in from every direction except the one from which they had come . They returned to camp , and one more day was gone . The next morning they started early to the south , and toiled until eleven o'clock , to find themselves once more ambuscaded by the precipitous hills . Again they made their way back to camp , without comfort , except that they had passed through a great forest of beech and yellow wood sufficient for fuel and mine timbers for years . Next morning when they had finished breakfast , Sedgwick asked Jordan what his idea was by that time as to the best course to proceed . Jordan shook his head , and said : `` I 'm afeerd we must try to build ther road or invent a berloon . ''