The height of the cascade has been measured by a mining expert at Pinos Altos, and found to be 980 feet.

Set in the most picturesque, noble environments, the fall is certainly worth a visit.
I arrived at its head just as the last rays of the setting sun were gilding the tops of the mountains all around.

The scenery was beautiful beyond description.

Above and around towered silent, solemn old pine-trees, while: the chasm deep down was suffused with a purple glow.

About midway down the water turns into spray and reaches the bottom as silently as an evening shower, but as it recovers itself forms numerous whirlpools and rapids, rushing through the narrow gorge with an incessant roar.