New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-01
A VOLCANO IN ARKANSAS.
CLARksvILLE. Ark.. Saturday. Jan. ;. Is.

GAINESVILLE. Ark, Saturday, Jan. 5, 1886.
On the I'd day Of December last q singular noise
heard here. It has been differently described by
those who heard il like blast in wel DE explos-
ion Of meteor, single distant clap of heavy thun-
der So far ascertained the nearer the center or
place Of explosion, there was rumblng and sensi-
Bile vibration Of the earth
Much speculation was had a. to to its cause Il was
not probable that il thunderfor il MD winter
and the ky cleaT-nOr blasting IN well for peo-
pie do not work in wells in the wet and wint
Upon inquiry We found that the explosion had been
beard far as Fort Gibson, and generally il circle
the diameter of which i 200 miles, and exported to
find some notice Of il in the papcrs OF your city. The
other day. Col Logan of Scott County visited chr city
and gave u an apparent solution OF the mysteT.
II appears from his statement thai Mr. W M Gipson,
while bear.hunting on Christmas day, ATTEMPTED to
Dry Greek Mountain, situated IN L. > y, X. 20
W., but found the mountain to be ON fire. GPon de-
scrbes il n sending forth smoke at the top, which at
night has a ruddy glare and Is visible for miles. For
several acres around the leaves appear to havt with
cred the trees during the Summer. The gr)und -
heated and on the sides OF the mountain are iumer-
GUS fssures through which hot vapor constantly es-
Gaping. Gipson SAYS that this steam vapor 40
hot as TO be painful to the hand when held OVERT. He
was 80 much alarmed that he did not venture far up
the mountain eide nor did be state that there was
crater, discharge of lava, &c. However, Cd. lo-
gan has promised to visit the volcano which within
FIVE miles OF his residence, sOon as he arrives at
home, and write me full and particular account
thereof which will forward TO you for pubhcItion
should you think it of sufficient interest to your
readers.
But the knowing ones here say that the noise ex.
plosion on the Sd of December last did not pDceed
from the volcano in Scott County but from eruption
in this county, spot the south side of the rver
below Pittsburgh, and not far from the residence OF
Col. HardwicSe. place has been lately foundthere
where the earth has bursted or broken up thriving
out huge of rock, earth, &c. This latter sup
position agrees with the supposed direction q the
nose from this place. They say that the volctno in
Iao 1aa in insinIp
eighteen month"; past that the fact OF Gip'on stating
that the leaves the trees appeared to have wered
during the Summer and the roots of the trees being
gradually destroyed by the subtenanean heat, ante
date the day of the explosion heard lately In further
support of their opinion, they cite the fact taat an
eruption took place ten years ago in this county,
near the Newton County line, in L. ~ n, X. . W.
II occurred during the night, threw up hsge bOtders
of rock weighing several tuns, heard at great
distance and in fact a small earthquake. ~, too
some fifteen year, ago, tremendous explosion was
heard in Yell and johnson Counies the cause remain
ing unknown until a short time thereafter when
hunter, crossing the Magazine Mountain found where
il had been rent asunder-absolutey split in two eav
ing cleft assure varying from two or three feet to
as many inches in width.