Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-05-06
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The GeEkers.

THOSE GeyserS are very won
ierlul things said Mr.. Horton, as
he closed a book he bad been read
ing for all hour twp.
What are they, phpa9' said Will
ly; won't You please TO tell me?'
They are toulitai ns that throw
vast quantities of hp water and
steam To- IA great Height into the air.
In What part Of The world are
they fouad:?'
In Ic Gland. Obe of them,
which is called the Great Geyser,
is described as PRESENTING the APP
pearance OF Ia rye mound You
go up its sides, and you find a large
basin at the top. 1T is not quite
round, being fifty sik feet across in
one way, and forty six the other,
and about .four feet deep. In the
centre til ERE is hole or a pipe 60
ing down into the earth seventy
eight feet This pidei is about eight
or ten feet in diameter, widening
as it opens into the Hasin. The bot
water rises up throu sh the pipe, and
and fills the basin, aid then runs off
over the 5 ides. Ev ery few hours
there are heard lou d reports, like
that OF distant artillery, in the earth
beneath the basin, and then water
is elected from the pipe with grea:
violence a hd to a gre at height
How high does it Irise?'
1T varies: sometin hes the G lumn
OF alter is thrown up twenty or
thirty feet, sometinl es fifty deet.-
Think of d column bf water eight
or ten feet in diameter, thro Eyn up
seventy feet, with a Tremendous roar,
and a cloud of steam along With it,
4 should think itIwculd b one
Of the most wonderful sights IN the
world
st is so.'
Does it rise swiftly
Very swiftly. Sometimes large
stones are thrown up. Sometimes
visitors throw stones in the pipes,
and they are thrown out and up in
to the air. where the VI alter is
thrown up, and som etimes they are
kept up in t he air foF four or five
minutes by the action of the wa
ter. There are great many small
er Geysers in the vicinity Of this
larger one, Mr.. Henderson, who
visited them in 1914, thinks he dis
cove red the key of one of the lar
gest Of them II
fI'he key. what cid he mean:'
THEY throw out The steam and
water, as | said, atm eryals. After
there have been LOUD reports, and a
shaking of tile earth, and an ejec-
ton of water and steam, they will
be quiet for sd me TIM e, SO that the
SPECTATOR may have to wait several
hours, perhaps, bcfof e he may see
the IN in operation ashin.. Mr., Hen
derson found, that, by throwing a
quantity of large stones into the
opening, he could ca use it to make
an irruption whenever he pleased.
AT one time, when il had been ex-
cited to action in this way, it threw
up Jets over twl o hundred feet high
1T seems as though he made it
angry by throw ms st4nes.in it,
When the S IN wis shining on
these jets, they presented a most
brilliant appearance. The water
appeared as white as snow, and
raipbows were seen all about it
Besides the water-pipes, there are
a great many steam pipes in the vi
cinity-that is, holes in the earth,
outof which columns Of steam is
sue The clouds of steam sone-
times thrown ont covers the whole
heavens from lie view
is the water hot water?'
Yes, it is very hot, nd spectators
often get scalded by its falling upon |
them, At one time, dir. Hender-
son was looking into ii be pipe of one
of til e largest, and th E column of
scalding water came up asswift as an
arrow, in few inches of his face
4 guess he rap. But what is the
cause of the waters sHirting up SOP
Il can tell you the general cause
BY W hich If is thrown hp, though /
cannot explain The par icular man
Iier in which it is done The volca-
mic Tres undern cath an c the cause.
The fires are near the surface, and
I've have been tonsid-
ering are caused by their actipn,'
Isn't it DANGEROUS I'd be therep'
1T lis. The drust Of earth over
the fire is very thin, and may fall
4 liz I'm II