The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-17

Devils Office near the entrance,
formed by over-hanging rocks and
trunks Of massive trees I; an alum and
iron spring with temperature Of o.
degrees medicated springs composed
largely of EPSON salts with sulphur
and iron. The salts are found dspos.
tied In beautiful crystals and in large
quantities. Then there In boiling
spring of alum and sulphur water
with temperature Of about Loo de-
xrees. Then in rapid Succession ore
Black sulphur, Nitrate Of silver, Ep-
som salts, AMI various other springs
some boiling fur iously. others quietly
throwing Off small stream; but
larger than all, aud more terrific j.
that of the "Witches' Cauldron."
This Is fountain some seven or eight
feet across, In terrific state Of ebulli
tion, with a temperance ofl95 degrees
throwing of great clouds Of steam. tN
hot for near approach. It's depth b
-aid to have been sounded 1900 feet
with no bottom found. Intermingied
with these various boiling, seethinP
springs. are numerous openings in III.
ground where jets Of steam, are con-
stantly thrown off. some Intermittent.
like the working Of . steam engine
One has been ma ned the Devils
Workshop" approaching which you
eau well imagine full gang Of men
at work behind the scenes hot Jets Of
steam are thrown out, corresponding
with the action Of a steam engine
Other Jets are continuous . large Ont
having force sufficient to eject OBJ
structions that are thrown into It OF
! several pounds in weight, with . shrill
scream around this are thousands OF
those small steam jets. sulphur II
precipitated in most beautiful pointed
crystals, which we found II was dan-
.erous to attempt to pick up. 40 fierce
was the heat OF the jet Of steam. Their
there comes. towards the upper end of
the canyon, the great steamboat
| Geyser,' p named from the noise il gives
resembling that Of the blowing off Of
steam. The mountain si.ie, for per-
haps 2o1 feet by half that width, il
perfectly honey-combed with opening.
from which issue jets ofsteam, in the
morning hiding the mountain from
view. One deposit in the valley II
called the DEVILS Ink" a black fluid
which really makes good substitute
for ink. Approaching the upper end
Of the canyon. we gain All elevation Of
about three hundred feet from the bot
tom Of .Piuton Canyon" at the juno
ton. This point, called the "Devil's
pulpit" corn nan.is u fine view Of
much of the canyon aud surrounding
peaks, aud looks down directly upon
the great steamboat Geyserh and
Witches Cauldron.'' Our guide here
discharges pistol to inform those be-
low at the hotel. Of the arrival there,
which is responded to by shot from
! ehs hotel. ...ss...k...s....
Much OF the way up the canyon the
KTOuVu lTNEctcJ OSVt - CASCSSssCsy
hot, making it uncomfortable to our
feet. We next pa ,s to another spur In
the mountain, through what Is point
ed out to Us as an extinct crater OF
volcano, and the appearance OF The
ground scoria, and Surrounding rocks.
makes it quite ready to believe, that II
was deed, once, burning, vomiting
volcano, and the instant bursting out
Of another In the canyon would bardl.
be surprise, as one gets pretty well
prepared for such an opening by the
time he has got this far.
Other aud various springs are passed
on our way down mountain path.
and vegetation which seems much out
| of place in such close praximity to his
Satanic Maiesty's imaginary possess
| ions. Arriving at the hotel, the sig
nal from the summit had given ouI
host ample time to have in readiness
| an excellent dinner which we wer-
al! ready for. A night Mt the hotel,
lulleh to sleep by the noise OF the es
Gaping steam. and We retraced cur
steps by the same route as we entered
we are now satisfied we made a mis-
take in doing 80, which all Others
| should avoid. We should have gone
over the mountains In another direc
ton, passing over the Hogs Back"
road, aud returning to the city by the
Sonoma Valley.
On reaching the summit, on our re-
turn, the view towards the valley and
bay was peculiar every object below
was hid in fog-clouds. We being far
above them, looked down on their up
per billowy surface Of fieecy white.
stretching as far as the eye could reach.
Passing rapidly down we were soon
within their influence. 1t did not
take long, however. for the sun to dis
sipate the clouds and show his smiling
face, to greet us on our way to the
bay, and our hotel, where letters from
home awaited US. The geyser trip Is
one that should not be made in too
great hurry; take time, and 1t will
be found one Of the most enjoyable aud
exciting that our country affords.
Several prominent English inven-
tors have presented to the Duke OF
Argyle, communication in relation
to an international patent system. II
urges the carrying out Of the resolu-
tion lately presented by select COM
mi:tee Of the House Of Con. mons, who
recommended IAN assimilation in the
law and practice with respect to inven-
tions among the various civilized
countries Of the world, and that Her
Majesty's Government be requested to
enquire Of foreign and colonial Gov
ernments whether they are ready to
concur In international arrangements
in relation thereto.n To bring about
the desired end they suggest an inter
national conference ON the subject ;
correspondence between the ministers
of different countries and the officials
Of the different British provinces
communications and suggestions from
the heads of departments of oil the
patent offices in the world. It Ia the