The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-11-25
NOTES on THE WAY 70 WONDERL MD
a Ride to the Internal Regions.
BYc G. CLAwsoN.
tCOs,tinued.l

Br c. c. cLAwsox.
~ tContinued
Keeping southward over a marrhy fiat
some three miles after coming out of the
! timber, We ascended gradual rise Of ground.
principally Of g"yser formation (wllite.
| like soda ar lime. and hard a. stonc), from
| the top vt which we had q good view Of the
surrounding country. On this Hill we found
u number "f interesting Obj cts in the shape
Of boiling wells. reservoirs. bul'bling
springs (all h",) and safety. valves (Which
didn't look y" very ssfe. either|. while in
the center WAS one monster gcyser. whose
steam We 10 seen acending far int" the air
while yet miles away. It Was well behaved
when We first approached il. and the water
was ." clear blue that We could see many
feet down int" what seemed to be u vast
cavern and pieces If incrusiaiiOns thrown
in gl,,lcd. zizzag. down, down, till they
became ,M' small for the eye to follow.
But all Of sudden this
TERRIBLE"
Or "Leviaihnn." or ''B'n.nerges, or what.
ever name "nr might cll'"'se to assign it Il
called it "Trrrihle." because that il the
fashionable word all over America now
when common language fxils). assumed a
w"rlikc a,ii'u'e-pr''bal'ly its style 1T en-
,ertain,ny c"m!'any-nnd in the strictest
sense If the term. male it mighty hot for
u.s. Jt,"nrc,l like thunder. and at every pulls.
alton If it, gr n heart the earth literally co,ne
and 'ce~t. while water. Kissing hot. sp"uted
across. The ms,ing Of the flaming water
sounded like waves lashing rocky beach.
1t seemed impossible tor the earth 10 stand
s" much pressure without flying to pieces.
Many sI.r,urcs in the ground steamed up.
and wi,r'zei and bl"wed Ms though they
were in sympathy with the large one. A
few rods swxya
YOUNG TERRIBLE
Was initiating the father TO the best Of his
ability. All these things comtincl made
~ r~th'r frightful appearance, and filed the
bill exactly Of the
INFkKEAL REGIONS.
As laid down in Scripture. We could hard
~ induce our horses to ren,ain hi,clud ut
\ distance My first impulse Was to take to
the wo,ds. tut when l come IL remember
thai this might have been going on for
centuries ("r even possibly since the time
Of the hsi luck in Edcn), became more
rer"ncilcd.
Signs Of vegetation were scarce in the
immediate vicinity of the ge.s, r.. but al
occasional small pine had attempted /" gain
a foo,l"ld. hu, usually paid dear for thus
tlessp,s>ing; for besides being stnlded I"
death actually cooked till they were white
rs sn"w-str'n ~ they fell to the ground
they were put though course of prtrrfac-
ton and became as stone. 1t would ap
pea from this that some Of the spnuiing
wells close up for u few years in one place
and break forth q, another. else these trees
could never have lived to be six inches in
diameter. I" one place on the hill was
pctritird stump partly in,bedttd j" the era
ter of an old gryser that had dried up with
the exception If emf tilg little steam &C.
cas'orally. We saw one large reservoir TO
which there WAS no visible t,ott,m) that r..
manned quiet except when s"mahinx was
thrown in it; then it would foam up and
bill over M If in anger for being disturbed
This Was the only one of the kind We met
with.
1t hue been tie study of many learned and
sciea'ific men I" ascertain. if possible, the
natural Cause Of geysers, what uses they
could I've PUT m $50 long rs they can't he
carried awa,). and whether they were made
in vain or for purpose. In the fog Of tt,o
much science they generally founder. !
little learning well applied is g,nd. but
iheDr,zinx extensively cOnfuscs. A miner
is no: going to worry his brain about the
direction gold comes from. whether down
the guIcl'. up1,. or off the hills; s., he gets
il plenty is all he asks 81 II Is useless for
visitors 10 the gcysers to rack their l'ra,ns
and des,r'y their happiness trying :" fathom
the unt~'ho'nai'le mysteries Of the why's AID
wh,rrf.,res Of t'eyserland. Naur. gener
ally knows her own business. and She has
g'ol ""''ive in everything she does. al,ho'
We. her ~ " sighted children, may not I've
able I" see through her designs q once
But there src great many virtues about
the gsysrrs and wells If sulphur water that
even u blind man might discover. Their
MEDICINAL QUALITIES
wi sOon l,c made known 10 the world (s0me
1T which clxim ~ have discovered myself).
and suffering humanity may liz relieved in
many cns.s. The chemical properties of
the water galvsnixes and adheres firmly to
anything they dow over. W."d. iron. ETC..
il sss,n encaseG In . white sr,n"r hard ~
stme. This increases ~ long ~ the object
remains submerged. until il is finally petri.
feel Through and through. Pieces 1T wnod
1T any kind Whitfield r,und with hole in
the cvnirr). and thrown in one ut the wells
in