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

the different deposits and fluids - they
are met with. We thus paas the
Devils Office" near the entrance.
formed by over-hanging rookie and
trunks Of massive trees IN alum and
iron spring with temperature Of 81
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 il q boiling
spring of alum and sulphur water
with y temperature Of about i50 de-
grees Then 10 rapid succession Gre
| 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, and 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 Of 1e5 degrees
throwing of great clouds Of steam. tax.
hot for near approach. It's depth r.
-aid to have been sounded 100 feet
with no bottom found. Intermingled
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 y steam engine
One has been ma ned the Devil
Workshop" approaching which you
eau well imagine full gang Of men
ut work behind the scenes hot Jets Of
steam are thrown out, corresponding
with the action Of steam engine
Other Jets are continuous . large ont
having force sufficient to elect Oh
structions that are thrown into it Of
several pounds in weight, with . shrill
scream around this are thousands OF
those small steam jets. sulphur Is
precipitated in most beautiful pointed
CRYSTALS, which we found il Vas 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
Geysey,' named from the noise it gives.
| resembling that OF the blowing Oft OF
steam. The mountain si,ie, for per-
haps 2O feet by half that width, IL
perfectly honey-combed with opening.
from which issue jets Of steam, IN thu
morning hiding the mountain from
view. One deposit in the valley II
called the Devils Ink, black fluid
which e..iy 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 "Pluton Canyon" at the juno
ton. This point, called the "Devils
pulpit" corn naiids fine view OF
much Of the canyon aud surrounding
peaks, aud looks down directly upon
the great Steamboat Geyser' and
Witches Cauldron." Our guide here
discharges 4 pistol to inform those be-
low at the hotel. Of the arrival there.
which is responded to by q shot from
1 the hotel. ....
Much Of the way up the canyon the
ground travelled over Is excessively
hot, making it uncomfortable to our
feet. We next pa ss to another spur In
the mountain, through what is point
ed out To us as an extinct crater OF
| volcano, aud the appearance OF the
ground, scoria, and surrounding rocks.
makes it quite ready to believe, that II
was indeed, once, a burning, vomiting
volcano, and the instant bursting ou'
Of another In the canyon would bardl!
be a surprise, as one gets pretty well
prepared for such an opening by the
time he has got this far.
| Other and various springs are passed
on our way down a mountain path,
and vegetation which seems much out
!, OF place ia such close pyaximtty to his
| Satanic Majesty's imaginary possess
ions. Arriving at the hotel, the sig
nal from the summit had given our
host ample time to have in readiness
an excellent dinner which we wer+
al! ready for. A night ut the hotel.
Iulleh 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 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 tOC
great hurry take time, and 1t will
be found one Of the most enjoyable aud
exciting that our country affords.
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Several prominent English inven'
tors have presented to the Duke O
Argyle, y communication IN relation
to an international patent system. II
urges the carrying out Of the resolu
ton lately presented by . select com
mittee Of the House of Con. mons, who
recommended IAN assimilation in thu
law and practice with respect to inven
tons among the various civilized
countries Of the world, and that He
: Majesty's Government be requested Il
enquire of foreign and colonial Gov
ernments whether they are ready t
concur in international arrangement
in relation thereto" To bring abou
the desired end they suggest an inter
national conference on the subject
, correspondence between the minister