Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-04-12

cau a be seen 20 dIver-e and fail IE al manner
Of shapes lISe > beautiful fountain
The molten fiery -rsduess cf the lara ever
varying ever changing is farEa. from the SIM
pie lsegi5a- of spring 70 the largest fountain
conceivable. : scene .Aat wien viewed VIII
be painted. n aiI : splsuder and H1agnIhcence,
on the -1or- Uf the observer I'll death. Large
o9Ulders - reI-h7t Iara stones. weighing hun
creds- li Uat thousands. # fous. thrown Up with
Iucoace5vable power B Oh above tie lscuId mas
could be cccas4oaally seen falling outside
the Tl-n 81 tbe crater, tgrlhIinE down the cones
oGd rolling over the Precipice. remaining bril-
lla1f for . few moments. then becoming cold
aHo BLACK, were lost among the mass OF snFrouud
lhz lava - awfally grand, - beautiful vas
tbs ever VARYING scene. that the observer Vhe
SEES II tsusu a good position cannot help watch
lng Il with intense delight and lncreasIug
ca1eaaeHt ts- hours together, the auly dra~ba
being tle severe cold CT tie night, against
which travellers sho1Jd te provided
a dense heavy column Of smoke continually
r'se o@1 fum thecrater, out always on the north
side a1l ta9S q HortbeEsteriy direction. rising
la oae caEliaFeEs calGun flr above the noun
tam % & Eel-nt ot perhaps 10000 feet above
The crater. This smoke lovers over that island,
amt indeed al the Islands. ~ud must a. times
when the trade WIND lalls. obstruct the view
During olr sIsy. however. Il asssd of from the
IDot1talu le.vl0z tie lower aimospher quite
clear We va,chei closely Il observe whether
aay Sefu cuuld be seen Issuing either from the
could aot see any thius thaE could De called
STEM or ap1r, unless occasionally very slight
indication along ssTue Of the lava streams
NsEe Fe>e t-oEu the crater Itself-aniv a dense.
heavy smoke. which came up grgr ~ the mouth It
self CeUSltrrabs- smoke zCse along The stream
Hs tine E1u.. en- lava came Ia contact with trees
aud veEe.a able masses. 1E.- ta- g--ass OF smoke
came from tfa c--Te- .ts.E seam VS. noticed
-1 v1-la-s glac-s aa the & an !==ulas from the
roc Is, and l=lr eEe OF tae caIlps lhe heat was
a. - IL.
over l- Bus tals steam % - s.-.uou 5asdly caus-
"a oy he heat Of Tie flowing lava which was
ah"ur q mile distant. coming "a contact with
pes-s q water 10 caves or pits
tn leaving tie crater .Ae ava stream does Hot
ap9ear t5F some distance. -sy an eighth of
El- q. as lt has cut its wsv through deep ra-
vine OF culeA. which hides il froTn the eve
How deep thl~ EulcH l.. we can only conjecture.
* lt Is impossible fo o. near enough look
luro Il. bu- - l. probably several hundred feet
deep The fI-sc 1aeH that We sc Of the lava
atfer being thrown Up Ia the crater : Is branch
Ia- ogt 1850 stream, some distance below the
fountain head. Instead of running iH one large
stream. II parts ar1 divides 1870 . gr-st num-
Uer-re-taF- a. many = hftv-spreasiIug out
over = tract Of Hre or SIX mile 10 width For
rae tr-t nve o- SIX miles from the crater. the
cesceu; ) very rapid, and the flow Of the lava
yerle, from folr % ten malv~ az hour. according
81 ;Ee descent. lsut ar er reaches the plan.
where IT p Level. AZ moves slower Here the
streams g-e na- sa numerous - higher up. there
being principle ale which carIes aad l. very
tarI ava--trpfu al eighth Tea a quarter mile, n
Vid-h. though there ara ffe4arai branches run-
aug ~ f-ul a. This V-lnrlule stream reach
81 -.s --E III H ainaa-it. about freeu miles from
i.-71-a-e au rEe 3l~r. afte- ie-- ii eight davs
..Ha1 -as rIDe shan tAe eruption commenced on
-.e -.fl ~ january Tins ----esr1, EeaChIuE the
sen. spread ont ya about hs.f mile IN Width.
tae -.-s- of .r - It poared into the ocean.
f7~u.u- clouds ot stream several hundred feet
l..-a. + represented by those ~ho say It.
very t-a-I....